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Boulder renews 10-year cable franchise with Comcast; shifts PEG fee to revenue share
Summary
Council approved ordinance 86-81 renewing Comcast's cable franchise through 2035 and replacing a per-subscriber PEG charge with a revenue-based PEG fee to stabilize funding for Boulder Channel 8.
The Boulder City Council on Thursday approved ordinance 86-81 renewing the city’s cable-franchise agreement with Comcast of Colorado for a 10-year term running March 1, 2025, through Feb. 29, 2035.
Carl Castillo, chief policy adviser, said the renewed agreement preserves customer-service and technical standards the city can regulate under federal law, continues a 10-year term, and retains the city’s 5% franchise-fee cap. The council also approved a change to how…
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