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Brookline Select Board approves 10-year Comcast cable license renewal, orders statement of reasons
Summary
The Brookline Select Board unanimously approved a 10-year renewal of Comcast's cable license, retaining the 5% gross-revenue funding formula and capital contributions (including $80,000/year for the first five years) and requiring upgrades of local PEG channels to higher-definition formats within an 18-month window.
Bernard Green, chair of the Brookline Select Board, presided over a special public hearing and on vocal roll call unanimously approved a 10-year renewal of Comcast Inc.'s cable license, the board said at a meeting called to meet statutory renewal requirements.
The board voted to approve the renewal after hearing from Comcast representative Angela Holm Barson and the town's negotiating and legal team. "It's honestly been, a fairly easy process," Barson said, thanking the town for its cooperation. Town counsel Joe Callanan told the board he had no legal concerns after retaining outside municipal cable counsel Bill August to assist with the review.
The renewal keeps the existing funding…
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