Cable industry-backed Ia. bill (SF-47) would require cities grant...
Cable industry-backed Ia. bill (SF-47) would require cities granting more than one cable TV franchise to make terms and conditions of additional franchises no more favorable or less burdensome than incumbent’s. If preferential terms are provided to overbuilder, then…
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same terms would apply to incumbent, under proposal. Ia. Cable TV Assn. Pres. Tom Graves said bill was prompted by preferential terms sought by overbuilders. Lobbyists for Ia. cities had opposed bill on ground that it wouldn’t permit cities to require state-of-art technology of overbuilders, he said. Bill wouldn’t affect municipal overbuilders that already were required to meet same obligations as private operators. Bill has been assigned to Senate Commerce Committee.