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The franchise fee is set during initial negotiation of the franchise agreement, usually by a process in which the government requests bids from cable providers to serve their community. This fee can be renegotiated when the franchise agreement comes up for renewal, usually at intervals of 10 to 12 years.
A local franchise authority (LFA) is a United States local government organization that, together with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), regulates cable television service within the local government's area. [1] In some cases the LFA is the state, while in others it might be a city, county, or municipality.
A franchise fee is a fee or charge that one party, the franchisee, pays another party, the franchisor, for the right to enter in a franchise agreement. Generally by paying the franchise fee a franchisee receives the rights to sell goods or services, under the franchisor's trademarks, as well as access to the franchisor's business processes.
The fees could have also helped pay for basic government access programming like video of council meetings, which has struggled for funding as people have switched from cable to streaming services.
Apr. 12—OTTUMWA — The City of Ottumwa is looking at the possibility of introducing franchise fees as a new stream of revenue. The Wapello County Board of Supervisors isn't a fan. During ...
The change to the ordinance to establish the fees passed its final reading by a 4-1 margin, the same tally as two weeks ago. As a result, franchise fees will become part of the city's finance ...
Monies from cable television franchise fees are paid to government for use of right-of-way use of public property, hopefully allowing other general fund monies to be used to operate the facilities, employ staff, develop curriculum, operate training workshops, schedule, maintain equipment, manage the cablecast of shows and publish promotion ...
Jul. 27—A small crowd gathered Monday at the Norman Central Public Library ready with questions for Oklahoma Gas and Electric officials in the wake of a failed franchise election earlier this year.