Tennessee governor signs cable franchising bill into law

by Darren Murph posted May 20th 2008 at 7:01PM

Remember that legislation we mentioned early last month which, if passed, could pave the way for AT&T's U-verse to infiltrate The Volunteer State? Governor Phil Bredesen just signed said bill into law, creating statewide TV cable franchising in Tennessee. Beyond that, details are few and far between, but don't be shocked to see yet another programming provider pop up in the not-too-distant future.

[Thanks, roflercopterer]

Filed under: Industry, Regulatory, Fiber

Tags: att, bill, court, expansion, law, legal, legislation, Tennessee, u-verse, uverse

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roflercopterer @ May 20th 2008 9:49PM

It gets more interesting here where I am in Chattanooga. The local power company, EPB, who already delivers fiber to businesses is looking seeking a local franchise for FTTH for TV and Internet purposes.

Competition is sweet music to my ears.

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john pace @ May 21st 2008 12:59PM

Epb.
will also have voip. So I can drop the tripleplay. The funny thing is that it will be faster and cheaper than anyone else. Alton park should have before the end of 08.

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r0bbiedigital10k @ May 21st 2008 8:30AM

Finally,

I cant tell you how sick I am of all the "PSA"s the cable industry has playing on every local channel commercial break, Comcast was the worst for this.

Gotta love competition...

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Kevin Gann @ May 21st 2008 12:43PM

Finally! I too am sick of those Comcast ads. We NEED some competition in Memphis. I'll be all over U-Verse, if I can get it.

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Duane @ May 21st 2008 3:05PM

Finally!! I live in Spring City.. We don't even have digital cable or HD....Woohoo, high def, finally!

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Wryker @ May 21st 2008 4:49PM

I am psyched about this. Living in NashVegas and being held hostage by Comcrap for cable will be NICE to get competition. Not sure I want U-Verse since it can only do one HD signal (but i think they can do two now - or is it that other provider - now me confused) and i need at least 4.

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Andy @ Jul 18th 2008 11:42AM

It does two HD, two SD. Its not great, but its a start. In a lot of homes with only one HDTV (majority), it wont be an issue.

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