Cable TV License War In Brookline

[Joseph_Gallant]

I found this interesting article from the Brookline (Mass.) Tab newspaper reporting on a rather nasty cable television franchise renewal fight between Comcast and Brookline's Selectmen.

The Selectmen have unanimously voted against a franchise renewal, but at least for now, Comcast will continue to provide cable-TV service to Brookline. (Could you imagine the kind of outcry there would be if the Brookline Selectmen had ordered Comcast to shut down their Brookline cable-TV system as of June 29th, the end of the license term, which would have deprived thousands of cable service??)

Expect a nasty court case.

FYI, the New England region of Comcast's CN8 cable network is headquartered in Brookline (at Amory Street, a short walk from Commonwealth Avenue and a "T" Green Line trolley stop), and most of CN8 New England's studio-based programs originate from there.

 

[JustinT]

and in Framingham too...

> FYI, the New England region of Comcast's CN8 cable network
> is headquartered in Brookline (at Amory Street, a short walk
> from Commonwealth Avenue and a "T" Green Line trolley stop),
> and most of CN8 New England's studio-based programs
> originate from there.

In fact, Comcast almost got it's license cut then. The City of Brookline was outraged when they learned that Comcast had taken over the local access studio with no warning, and had planned to cut the license in revenge, losing Comcast the great studio location.

And a similar dispute is going on in Framingham. It's just gotten to the state level, the MetroWest Daily News has a story at <a target="_blank" href=http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=103072>http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=103072</a>.