WPRI Report:

The Benefits of Cable Competition in Wisconsin (Cont'd)

By Christian Schneider

ENDNOTES

[1] National Cable and Telecommunications Association, “The History of Cable Television.”http://www.ncta.com/ContentView.aspx?hidenavlink=true&type=PageSectionNctaAbout&contentId=2685

  [2] Federal Communications Commission, “Report on Cable Industry Prices,” Feb 4, 2005, http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2006/db1227/FCC-06-179A1.pdf

  [3] The Governor’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on Cable Communications Final Report, 1972

  [4] Peter Krug, “Cable Television Franchise Fees for General Revenue: The 1984 Cable Act, Wisconsin Law, and the First Amendment,” Wisconsin Law Review, 1985 no. 5.

  [5] Ripon Cable Co. v. City of Ripon, No. 81-CV-684 (Circuit Court, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Nov. 2, 1984)

  [6] Jonathan E. Samon, “When ‘Yes’ Means No: The Subjugation of Competition and Consumer Choice by Exclusive Municipal Cable Franchises,” Seton Hall Law Review 747.

  [7] City of Milwaukee, “Milwaukee Cable History” http://www.ci.mil.wi.us/CableHistory1365.htm

  [8] Larry Sandler, “TV Battle Goes Local: Cities Consider Implications of Internet Video,” Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, October 22, 2006.

  [9] Grant Langley testimony to the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Commerce, Utilities, and Rail, February 7, 2007.

  [10] Sample letters to elected officials: http://www.cityofmadison.com/mcc12/telco.html

  [11] “ANTI-CABLE TV ADS JUST THE START OF A BIG BATTLE IN THE CAPITOL,” Wispolitics REPORT, February 9, 2007.

  [12] Anita Gallucci, “When AT&T Comes A-Knocking: Video Competition at What Price?,” October 2006.

http://www.lwm-info.org/legal/2006/10october/comment.html

  [13] Ibid (citations removed).

  [14] League of Wisconsin Municipalities “Legislative Agenda for the 2007-09 Legislative Session.”

http://www.lwm-info.org/legislative/2007-08/agenda.html

  [15] Charter Communications Financial Statements: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=CHTR&annual

  [16] Franklin Paul, “Time Warner Cable Sees Revenue Growth,” Reuters, February 28, 2007.

  [17] UBS Investment Bank Research, as cited in http://gigaom.com/2007/01/19/att-unity-or-a-desperate-cry-to-save-wireline/

  [18] AT&T 2006 Annual Financial Report.

  [19] “The Impact and Legal Propriety of Applying Cable Franchise Regulation to IP-Enabled Video Services,” SBC Position Paper Filed with the Federal Communications Commission, September 15, 2005.

  [20] Doris Hajewski, “AT&T Hiring for TV Service; Staffers Sought for Call Centers,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 6, 2007.

  [21] American Consumers Union, “Does Cable Competition Really Work? A Survey of Cable TV Subscribers in Texas,” March 2, 2006.

[22] 2006 House Bill 1404, Virginia General Assembly. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?061+ful+CHAP0076

  [23] Senate Report 109-355 – “COMMUNICATIONS OPPORTUNITY, PROMOTION, AND ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2006”

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/?&dbname=cp109&sid=cp109VYubX&refer=&r_n=sr355.109&item=&sel=TOC_3662&

  [24] National Council of State Legislatures, “Video Franchise Reform – State Administration: Policy Statement – Draft”  http://www.ncsl.org/standcomm/sctech/videofran06.htm

  [25] U.S. General Accounting Office, “Telecommunications: Wire-Based Competition Benefited Consumers in Selected Markets,” GAO-04-241, Feb. 2004.

  [26] FCC "Report on Cable Industry Prices," February 2005.

  [27] Ibid.

  [28] FCC “Report on Cable Industry Prices.”

  [29] Ibid.

  [30] U.S. General Accounting Office, “Telecommunications: Subscriber Rates and Competition in the Cable Television Industry,” GAO-04-262T, March 2004.

  [31] FCC “Report on Cable Industry Prices.”

  [32] Ibid, Attachment 5.

  [33] Diane S. Katz, “Assessing the Case for Cable Franchise Reform,” September 19, 2006.

http://www.mackinac.org/archives/2006/s2006-07.pdf

  [34] GAO-04-241.

  [35] The Packers won, 9-7.

  [36] https://uma.sbc.com/assets/files/Milwaukee.pdf

  [37]http://www.timewarnercable.com/CustomerService/CLU/TWCCLUs.ashx?CLUID=78&Zip=&Image1.x=51&Image1.y=1

  [38] http://www22.verizon.com/content/fiostv/packages+and+prices/packages+and+prices.htm

  [39] U.S. Representative Ron Kind letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, December 19, 2006.

  [40] U.S. Senator Russ Feingold Letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, December 20, 2006.

  [41] WYOU Madison Programming Schedule: http://condor.netwurx.net/~wyou/schedule.pdf

  [42] National Cable and Telecommunications Association, “Industry Statistics:” http://www.ncta.com/ContentView.aspx?contentId=54

  [43] Ibid.

  [44] Robert W. Crandall and Robert Litan, “The Benefits of New Wireline Video Competition for Consumers and Local Government Finances,” Criterion Economics, L.L.C.

U.S. General Accounting Office, “Direct Broadcast Satellite Subscribership Has Grown Rapidly, But Varies Across Different Types of Markets” GAO-05-257, April 2005.

  [45] U.S. Department of Justice, “Ex-Parte Communication In the Matter of Implementation of Section 621(a)(1) of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 as amended by the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992,” MB Docket No. 05-311.

  [46] 1984 Cable Act

  [47] Thomas Hazlett, “Cable TV Franchises as Barriers to Video Competition,” George Mason School of Law, June 2006.

  [48] Ibid, p. 44.

  [49] Ibid, p. 58.

  [50] Scott T. VanderSanden testimony to the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Commerce, Utilities, and Rail, February 7, 2007.  Further information about which cable companies serve specific Wisconsin communities can be found at: http://www.wicable.com/wcca/content/view/21/33/

  [51] Bruce Meyerson, “Verizon Wireless Launches Live Cell TV,” Associated Press, March 1, 2007.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070301/cell_phone_tv.html?.v=5

  [52] Steven Titch, “Better Prices and Better Services for More People:  Assessing the Outcomes of Video Franchise Reform,” Reason Foundation, January 2007.

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