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Summary of Franchise Obligations (.pdf)
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Verizon Cable Television Services FranchiseNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING -- CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE CHANGE OF CONTROL FROM VERIZON NORTHWEST INC. TO FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION The MHCRC is holding a Public Hearing on the pending change of control of
Verizon’s local cable franchise agreements to Frontier Communications
Corporation.
The Hearing will be cablecast live on MetroEast Community Media Channel 29.
The Commission invites the public to provide testimony in person during the
hearing or in writing by noon Monday, December 7, 2009. Verizon began offering its FiOS TV service to Gresham residents on November 25, 2008 and to Fairview, Troutdale and Wood Village residents on February 6, 2009. To learn about or order FiOS TV, interested residents can
call Verizon Franchise Agreement (.pdf) applicable in Gresham, Fairview, Troutdale & Wood Village March 2009 - On March 16, 2009, the Commission unanimously passed Order No. 2009-01 which finds that Verizon violated its cable franchise with Gresham by failing to interconnect and provide the MetroEast Community Media PEG access channels to all Verizon Subscribers on the initial Verizon Service Date (November 26, 2008), as required by the Verizon Gresham Franchise. However, in light of Verizon’s successful completion of the interconnection and provision of the MetroEast Channels to Verizon subscribers on March 4, 2009 (ahead of Verizon’s own internal schedule), the Commission unanimously decided NOT to impose any fines or financial penalties on Verizon in connection with this matter. See FORMAL HEARING RECORD BELOW
THE FRANCHISING PROCESS The MHCRC transmitted a report and recommended franchise to the Jurisdictions on October 8. The next step is for the City Councils and the County Commission to schedule the item on their respective council/board agendas. Once these dates have been selected by the individual jurisdictions, we will post this information here. The Gresham City Council, at its November 18 Council meeting, approved a
franchise agreement with Verizon. The City Councils of Fairview, Troutdale and Wood Village voted to approved, in the form of an addendum to the City of Gresham franchise agreement with Verizon. OVERVIEW Verizon plans to extend its services beyond phone and Internet services to include cable television in the Cities of Fairview, Gresham, Troutdale, Wood Village and unincorporated areas of Multnomah County. Once offered, the service will provide the East County community with a competitive option to Comcast cable service. BACKGROUND At its Oct. 2 meeting, the MHCRC adopted a recommendation to the Jurisdictions for a Verizon Cable Services franchise agreement. The recommendation took into consideration MHCRC staff's recommendation, Verizon's views presented at the Public Hearing and at the Special meeting, and the comment received from the public as part of the Public Hearing record. Below is the MHCRC's report and recommendation transmitted to the Jurisdictions.
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