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In National Association of Telecommunications Officers & Advisors v. FCC the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the FCC's reversal of \"a decades-old, rebuttable presumption that determined whether state and local franchising authorities may regulate cable rates.\" The DC Circuit held that the FCC's rule, shifting the presumption to favor cable providers over local franchising authorities, was neither arbitrary nor capricious, and was a permissible interpretation of the statutory language. The petitioners in this case are broadcasters and franchising authorities. The petitioners challenged the FCC's statutory authority to revise the 1993 Rate Order, and also argued the FCC's new presumption of effective competition is arbitrary and capricious. In the end, the Court ruled the FCC did have the authority to bar franchising authorities from regulating cable rates under Section 543 until those authorities have proven that their franchise region has effective competition.

The position would report to the Town Administrator and have managerial responsibilities over the Water and Wastewater, the Transfer Station, Grounds and Parks, and Public Works Departments.

\"The notice of the transfer of control was received by the city on July 2. [...]the city needed take action on this matter prior to Oct. 30, 2015.\"

Cable firms are positioned to dominate the broadband industry as they have dominated the delivery of multichannel video programming. With control of both the broadband content and the pipes, a large footprint encourages cable firms to discriminate against their unaffiliated content and conduit rivals. Regulators should subject any pending mergers to an open-access provision. The regulatory agencies should require vertically integrated cable firms to afford unaffiliated ISPs equal and nondiscriminatory access to the combined company's cable modem platform. Doing so will ensure that the incumbent cable provider does not evade the advent of open access, will promote investment, and will limit the cable firm's ability to engage in both conduit and content discrimination.

Jan. 29--Carroll County moved one step closer Thursday to finalizing a cable franchise agreement with Comcast.

According to city records, Middletown has been receiving fewer franchise fees from Time Warner Cable over the past few years.

Because of Carroll's relatively small population compared to other nearby jurisdictions, the commission cannot get the same deals that other counties in the state can, she said.

Harold DePriest, EPB president and CEO, told council members during a committee meeting today that the contract mirrored that of Comcast, the city's only current cable franchise owner.

City council has turned to a law firm to attempt to renegotiate its existing cable franchise agreement with Service Electric.

This Article examines whether, on legal or policy grounds, video services provided over a telephone network should be regulated as a traditional cable service or whether a different approach is warranted. The Authors find that municipal franchise requirements for video services provided over telephone networks would reduce consumer welfare. The Authors estimate that, even without considering any welfare gains owing to higher quality, the consumer welfare gains from entry exceed the potential loss in franchise fee revenue to municipalities by a factor of nearly three to one.