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Council renews Comcast cable franchise; updates PEG fee to track gross revenue
Summary
Boulder renewed a 10-year cable franchise with Comcast and modified how Public, Education and Government (PEG) fees are calculated, shifting the fee from a per-subscriber charge to a percentage of Comcast's cable gross revenue to stabilize revenue for local government channel funding.
Boulder City Council voted Feb. 6 to renew the city's cable franchise with Comcast of Colorado IX LLC for a 10-year term running March 1, 2025, through Feb. 29, 2035, and to update how PEG fees are calculated for publicly supported cable channels.
The renewal preserves standard customer-service and technical obligations allowed by federal law and keeps the maximum franchise fee at 5% of gross cable revenues. City staff said Boulder received $865,000 in franchise-fee revenue in 2023 under the existing agreement.
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