California rewrites cable TV franchise laws

bwana · Sep 2, 2006

This week, the two telecom giants got a gift from California, as the state Assembly and Senate both approved a bill granting them statewide franchises. If signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, it would let any company offer video services 10 days after notifying the relevant local government of its plans. Each video franchisee would have to enforce customer service and protection standards consistent with California state laws. Franchise payments would be determined and handled by the state Public Utilities Commission via a new Video Franchising Account.

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Remind me again please - why do we need ICASA? Open it all up.

antowan · Sep 2, 2006

Agreed. 100%

Syndyre · Sep 4, 2006

bwana v.16 said:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060901-7641.htmlRemind me again please - why do we need ICASA? Open it all up.

To protect government's investment of course.

You know, in case there's a tsunami lol.

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California rewrites cable TV franchise laws

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