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FCC Cable Franchising: In-kind and Mixed Use Rules

PublicCEO Article Addresses Current Rules and What Happens Next - Over the last few years, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been reinterpreting several key Cable Act provisions that govern cable franchise...more

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Sixth Circuit Cable Order Challenged by City Coalitions

Franchise Requirements Should Not be Treated as Franchise Fees and Cable Operators Can be Charged Fees on Non-Cable Services, Cities Argue - Three coalitions of cities filed briefs with the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of...more

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6th Circuit Largely Affirms FCC Ruling That Most In-Kind Franchise Requirements Are Franchise Fees

On May 26, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit affirmed most aspects of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) 2019 ruling that nearly all non-cash (or "in-kind") assessments required by cable...more

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Sixth Circuit Affirms FCC Rule That Most In-Kind Contributions Are Franchise Fees

On May 26, 2021, a Sixth Circuit panel rejected challenges by numerous municipalities to a 2019 order by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that most “in kind” (non-cash) contributions required by cable franchisees...more

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FCC Denies Cable Franchise Order Stay Request But Provides Implementation Guidance

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When the FCC’s Cable Franchise Order became effective on Sept. 26, it upended 35 years of common understanding on what a local government could obtain in cable franchise negotiations, which could cost local governments...more

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FCC Releases Cable Order that Will Cost Communities Hundreds of Millions of Dollars

The FCC released its third Section 621 Report and Order late Friday, which has the potential to cost local governments hundreds of millions of dollars in cable franchise fees. Also, unlike FCC cable orders in the past 10...more

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Virgil Quick Come See: FCC Drives Down Local Government Regulation of Cable Operators

On Thursday, August 1, 2019, the FCC took several actions to address persistent, decades-long efforts by local governments to convert their control over local rights-of-way into ever-increasing revenue streams from cable...more

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FCC Proposes to Include In-Kind Contributions in the Assessment of Franchise Fees

On September 25, 2018, the Federal Communications Commission took its latest action in a longstanding effort to provide national standards under Section 621 of the Communications Act to limit the authority of franchising...more

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FCC Takes First Of Two Actions: Could Cost Local Government Billions in Next Decade - Communities Coalition Forming Now

The FCC today released a Second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that, if adopted, would allow cable operators to deduct the value of in-kind contributions from cable franchise fee payments, and would limit the authority of...more

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Proposed FCC Actions Will Limit Local Control And Cut Revenues - Immediate Action Needed — Community Coalition Forming

The FCC is poised to issued two orders: a $2 billion unfunded mandate “Small Cell” order that imposes rules akin to state small cell laws (such as SB 649 vetoed in 2017 by California Gov. Jerry Brown)....more

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FCC Proposal for Internet Video Programming Could Threaten Cable Franchise Fees

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The Federal Communications Commission, in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking released this month, requested public input about whether it should classify certain Internet-based video programmers as “multichannel video...more

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