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Article: 26 New Jersey Communities and Organizations Urge Choice and Competition for Video Services in New Jersey.
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- October 20, 2005
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Mayors, Council Members and Business Organizations Ask the Governor and Legislators to Help End Cable Monopoly by Updating Franchising Rules
NEWARK, N.J., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Twenty-six communities, business organizations and a county freeholder board are calling on Gov. Richard Codey and state legislators to end the cable industry's stranglehold on the video marketplace.
The resolutions were issued over the past month, with Howell Township this week becoming the most recent community to support updating New Jersey's 30-year-old laws to permit state-issued franchises. Under current law, a competitor to the monopoly cable-TV provider must obtain ...