Legal Opinion
City of Springfield v. DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND CABLE
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 16, 2010No. SJC-10576PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, J.
The city of Springfield (city) sought review in the Superior Court of a 2008 order of the Department of Telecommunications and Cable (department) approving the basic service tier programming rate to be charged by Comcast Communications, Inc. (Comcast), to cable television service subscribers in the city under the terms of a cable television service provider license agreement (renewal license) between the city and Comcast. Under the renewal license, subscribers must pay the basic service tier rate to receive the basic programming that Comcast offers as a minimum or entry level service;…
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