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Article: Lakefront May Get Cable Choice // Council Considers 2nd Franchise
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- October 6, 1995
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Cable television subscribers along Chicago's lakefront could
shop for the best deal from competing cable television companies if
the City Council approves Mayor Daley's plan to negotiate a second
cable franchise.
Under the mayor's plan, customers in franchise Area One,
which stretches along the lakefront from the city's northern border
to Kenwood, would be the first in the city to have a choice between
cable companies.
The resolution, introduced at Monday's Council meeting, would
authorize Cable Administrator Joyce Gallagher to negotiate with 21st
Century Cable, a clout-heavy company vying for the right to go
head-to-head with Chicago Cable.
The principal stockholder of 21st ...