Word: franchisee
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Growth might well speed up even further if Washington would strip away its remaining regulations. Cable TV still faces bewilderingly complex rules on the duration of its franchises, how rapidly a company must wire an area after it has swung a franchise, and other matters.
¶ Basic cable. For a one-time fee averaging $15, the cable company that has the franchise for the subscriber's area will run a wire from the nearest telephone pole into the house and attach it to the back of the TV set, much as the Bell System...
The MSOs bid for franchises from local governments to service a city or town, and in support of their bids line up stations whose programming will be transmitted by cable. The MSO that promises the most interesting programming often gets the franchise.
Ruff, a devout Mormon and father of nine children, comes by his grim views after a checkered career as a college dropout, singer, actor, stockbroker, owner of a speed-reading franchise, natural vitamin distributor and real estate investment teacher. As he concedes, "Some people say that I couldn't...
Of course, there were some less than bright spots. Super Series '79, a media extravaganza in the guise of a three-game battle between the Soviet National Team and the best the NHL had to offer, ended in a humiliating 6-0 victory for the poised, tireless, quick-passing rink...