Re: Some truth about Comcast - WikiLeaks style

[Phil Bedard <bedard.phil () gmail com>]

The franchise fees in many markets are based on gross revenue. 5% is a
fairly standard percentage charged by municipalities to cable companies
for right of way access, etc.  Not sure if I would call this a profit
sharing plan, but it's not too much of a stretch.  Today with local
agreements somewhat going by the wayside for statewide franchising, I'm
not sure how the fees are charged.

Phil 

On 12/19/10 5:16 PM, "William Allen Simpson"
<william.allen.simpson () gmail com> wrote:

> On 12/17/10 12:08 PM, Dave Temkin wrote:
> > George Bonser wrote:
> > > The municipality charges the cable company per HBO subscriber?
> > The municipality gets a cut of that in a profit sharing agreement. The
> > point was, everyone gets their tax or toll along the way.
> Dave, perhaps you would be kind enough to tell us where you operate a
> network and what municipality is able to charge "the cable company"
> based on a "profit sharing agreement".
>
> That would be against the law in Michigan.  And I've never heard of any
> cable company revealing its profits on a per municipality basis....