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from: Nashville Post

Can the chamber paper over differences?

Email | Print By Ken Whitehouse
04-26-2007 1:18 PM —

If you are a member of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, you are now in an uncomfortable position.

NashvillePost.com has learned that the chamber's Board of Directors will be presented a "white paper" today on the video franchising debate that is raging in the Tennessee State Legislature. Sources familiar with the report fear that it will pit major Chamber of Commerce members like AT&T and Comcast against each other.

from: Waxing America

AT&T Bill Rammed Through Wisconsin Assembly; Senate Follows the Law and Refers Bill to Joint Finance

In a marathon session yesterday, the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Assembly defeated over two dozen Democratic-sponsored amendments on party-line votes and passed AT&T's "video competition" bill, AB 207. The Senate, on the other hand, followed state law and referred SB 107, its version of the bill, to the Joint Finance Committee for consideration of the costs to the taxpayers of Wisconsin.

from: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

State Agencies Would Handle TV Complaints Under Video Bill

April 24, 2007
By Steven Walters

If you’ve been griping to city or village officials about cable TV service problems, get ready to take your complaints instead to someone in state government in Madison.

from: Channel 3000

Reality Check: Cable Prices to Drop in Wisconsin?

April 24, 2007

On Tuesday, state lawmakers will vote on a bill that, if passed, would deregulate the cable industry. But could it mean a drop in prices?

The bill would allow other companies — likely the telephone companies — to provide video service with a state franchise. Lawmakers in favor of the bill said it would increase competition and lower rates for consumers.

from: Palm Beach Post

Phone cable plan touted as boon, feared as bias

By Kristi E. Swartz

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

TALLAHASSEE — Beverly Campbell said mortgage lenders and pizza delivery guys already bypass her Pine Hills neighborhood in west Orlando.

from: Columbus Dispatch

Cities rip Senate's cable TV proposal
More competition not worth it, critics say

Wednesday, April 25, 2007 3:36 AM
By Alan Johnson
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Cable video competition might flourish, but cities would suffer under a proposed change in state franchising law, dozens of municipal and township officials complained to an Ohio Senate committee yesterday.

from: Freepress.net

Mass. Gov. Accuses Verizon of Making Threats in Tax Dispute

From Dow Jones, April 23, 2007
By Corey Boles

“Verizon says that without the exemption telecommunications companies will not build broadband in western Massachusetts. But we’ve had this exemption in place for more than 90 years and western Massachusetts still doesn’t have broadband in place.”