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Community television providers ask for $7.5 million per year as a stopgap while franchise-fee model erodes
Summary
Community television providers asked the Legacy Finance Committee for $7,500,000 per year in transitional grants, saying cable franchise fee revenue that long supported PEG stations is declining as viewers migrate to streaming.
Representatives, station leaders and local officials told the Legacy Finance Committee that community television stations face declining cable franchise revenues and sought state funding to sustain government transparency broadcasts and hyperlocal programming.
Representative Neal Nadeau introduced House File 1740, which proposes $7,500,000 per year from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund for grant awards to community television…
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