Cable Franchise Agreement OK'd
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
The Warsaw City Council approved a new 10-year cable franchise agreement Friday with Marcus Cable.
Marcus is a subsidiary of InterMedia Partners Southeast.
According to Mayor Ernie Wiggins, the new agreement retains the 3 percent franchise fee on gross revenues contained in the current franchise agreement. The fee generated approximately $34,000 for the city in 1999.
"We didn't seek an increase in the franchise fee because it is only passed on to the customer," he said.
Also part of the agreement is a commitment on Marcus' part to make channel space available on its basic tier, which includes local broadcasts, signals choosing to be carried and public, educational and government access channels. The channel space would be for programming of interest to the city and surrounding area. [[In-content Ad]]
The Warsaw City Council approved a new 10-year cable franchise agreement Friday with Marcus Cable.
Marcus is a subsidiary of InterMedia Partners Southeast.
According to Mayor Ernie Wiggins, the new agreement retains the 3 percent franchise fee on gross revenues contained in the current franchise agreement. The fee generated approximately $34,000 for the city in 1999.
"We didn't seek an increase in the franchise fee because it is only passed on to the customer," he said.
Also part of the agreement is a commitment on Marcus' part to make channel space available on its basic tier, which includes local broadcasts, signals choosing to be carried and public, educational and government access channels. The channel space would be for programming of interest to the city and surrounding area. [[In-content Ad]]