Phone companies lose round in Texas TV bid
Being a "Naturalized" Texan living here in Austin, this issue has been very heated.
Jonathan Skillings writes for C|Net News:
Phone companies fell short in a controversial legislative effort over the weekend that might have made it easier for them to offer television services.
Legislators in Texas were unable to reach a compromise on a bill that would have allowed phone companies to negotiate a single statewide contract with the Texas Public Utility Commission to offer television programming, rather than work city by city to acquire franchises through local governments.
The bill had been seen as critical to SBC Communications and Verizon Communications, which have plans in the works to begin offering television service to consumers this year. It was opposed by cable providers, which said the bill unfairly favored the telephone companies.
posted by Fergie @ 5/31/2005 09:49:00 AM
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