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Other monthly increases include the broadcast TV fee — what subscribers pay to see local over-the-air channels — which is up $3.45, or more than 13%, to $29.10 per month. Xfinity internet ...
Comcast also charges a Regulatory Recovery Fee of varying size(s) with their Digital Basic cable subscription in order to "recover additional costs associated with governmental programs". [90] Since January 2014, Comcast has also charged a Broadcast TV Fee to "defray the rising costs of retransmitting broadcast television signals(sic)." [91]
Cable providers are known to charge extra fees for service, but the most egregious one may be the 'Broadcast TV Fee' that two major companies invoice. More Charter customers paying controversial ...
In the United States cable television industry, a cable television franchise fee is an annual fee charged by a local government to a private cable television company as compensation for using public property it owns as right-of-way for its cable. [1]
The proposed spinoff of Comcast cable channels provides a snapshot of the winners and losers as the cable industry faces increased turbulence. Behind Comcast's big TV deal: a bleak picture for ...
On July 21, 1997, Comcast acquired the local television rights to broadcast the 76ers' NBA games on the new Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, with the team choosing to opt out of its contract with PRISM and SportsChannel that was set to run until the 1999–2000 season. [11]
Comcast is charging a one-time “activation fee” of $15 (plus tax) for the Xumo Stream Box; each Xfinity Internet household can get one box for no monthly charge, with each additional device ...
Cable companies, however, can "manipulate" prices through lobbying the FCC. Indeed, in 1997, the FCC set maximum prices based on an "average implicit fee" formula which set the prices considered by cable programmers to be remarkably high. Lower prices would encourage increased usage of leased access by independent programmers.