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Download full textPietras, Jesse John – 1996
This paper describes the state of interactive distance learning in Connecticut, particularly the current and future provision of these services by the telecommunications and cable television industries. The overview examines questions of where obligation and responsibility lie (with schools, local exchange companies, cable franchises, etc.) in…
Descriptors: Cable Franchising, Cable Television, Distance Education, Educational Development
Minnesota State Dept. of Public Service, St. Paul. Energy Div. – 1996
Franchise fees are a tax imposed on a private entity to compensate a municipality for use of a public property for private gain. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 grants municipalities the right to assess a 5% franchise fee to both cable companies and competitors of cable companies, such as operators of open video systems. The Minnesota State…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Cable Franchising, Cable Television, Communications Satellites
