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Commission hears budget update and briefing on streaming-service fee exemption
Summary
Staff briefed the Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television Commission on a $6.3 million projection for per-capita distributions, anticipated use of reserves, and the legal exemption that currently excludes streaming services from franchise/PEG fee obligations.
At the March 6 meeting, staff briefed the Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television Commission on revenue trends and the effect of streaming-service consumption on franchise and PEG fee collections.
Commission staff member Josh explained that customers who receive video via streaming services generally do not pay franchise and PEG fees to local cable franchise authorities. Josh said that federal and state legal frameworks currently exempt some…
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