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This page last updated 4/7/07
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Bill Number(s):
HB1500 - Active Read Bill

Status:
2/21/2007 House Filed with the Clerk by Rep. James D. Brosnahan

This page last updated 4/27/07
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Bill Number(s):
HB 227, Consumer Choice for Television Act Read Bill

HB is on the verge of passage, approved by House and sent to the governor. 4/27/07

This page last updated 4/21/07
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HB529 passed House and Senate and is awaiting Gov. Crist's signature. As passed, Build-out is banned and PEG support is reduced to 0%. The bill, in effect, ends and PEG channel support and legitimizes red-lining.

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This page last updated 2/19/07
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Bill Number(s):
House Bill 1222, The Colorado Consumer Cable Act

Status:
Postponed indefinitely by an 8-4 vote Feb. 2007 of the state House transportation and energy committe.

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This page last updated 4/29/07
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Bill Number(s):
A1423 Read Bill inactive
S744 Read Bill inactive
A4871 Read Bill inactive

Statewide Video Franchising Legislation
States to Watch:
CO | LA | ME | MA | MN | NY | PA | TN | UT | WA

With Federal legislation stalled in 2006 and unlikely for 2007, telephone companies have quickly turned to their Plan B: Statewide Video Franchising. In most cases, these video franchises over-ride local franchises and enable the telephone companies to begin to rollout their services to selected communities on a statewide basis.

Note: In state after state this has been the same story. Telcos promise 'competition' and 'lower cable rates' in exchange for deregulatory legislation - yet prices continue to rise . . .

from: Washington Post

Cable War Fails to Offer Rate Relief in Montgomery

From: Ashland City Times

Sunday, 02/18/07
AT&T ventures into 'Net TV
Legislation could help speed service to Tennesseans

By NAOMI SNYDER
Staff Writer

Jerry Talmadge was fed up with continual price increases for his cable service from Time Warner in San Antonio.

from: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A Don Quixote takes on AT&T

Sunday, February 18, 2007, 06:00 PM

Georgia’s state Capitol produces Don Quixotes like Jerusalem churns out prophets.

They tip their lances and spur their chargers. Sometimes the giant is a windmill, sometimes the giant is a true behemoth. Regardless, the result is a crash of hooves and an oil slick.

From: Columbia Tribune

Phone companies seek cable market access

By JASON ROSENBAUM of the Tribune’s staff
Published Saturday, February 17, 2007

JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri Senate gave initial approval Thursday to a bill that would shift licensing of cable TV companies from the cities where they operate to the Missouri Public Service Commission.