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from: LA Times

Phone firms' TV market bid may skip Congress
With Democrats rising, an overhaul of telecom laws is unlikely. The industry turns to states.

By Jim Puzzanghera, Times Staff Writer
November 28, 2006

WASHINGTON — Big phone companies trying to dial in an overhaul of telecommunications laws will have to hang up and try the call again next year.

From Morris News Service, November 26, 2006

Telephone Giant Looks to Move in on Cable Service

By Vicky Eckenrode

Competition could help lower bills and improve service for television owners across the state, said officials from BellSouth, which wants to launch its own video service in Georgia.

But before the telecommunications company takes on cable providers, it wants state lawmakers to overhaul how local contracts are handled on the local level.

from: Nashville City Paper

Statewide franchise would entice BellSouth into cable market

By Blake Farmer, News Correspondent
November 27, 2006

As cable companies like Comcast Corp. enter the burgeoning broadband phone market, offering bundled services with cable television and high-speed Internet, Atlanta-based BellSouth Telecommunications is hunting for a slice of Tennessee’s video pie.

from: savetheinternet.com

Michigan Residents Gather to Ground Lame Duck Attempt by AT&T

Local members of the SavetheInternet.com Coalition are gathering on Tuesday in Lansing to protest efforts by outgoing “lame duck” senators to push through a statewide “Video Franchising Bill” that doesn’t protect Internet freedom and Net Neutrality.

Telecom experts hesitate to declare loser in increasing competition
Sunday, Nov 26, 2006

from: Arkansas News Bureau

By Jason Wiest

LITTLE ROCK - The difference between the vehicles on the information superhighway today is slight.

Besides providing the Internet service needed to travel online, cable and telephone companies both increasingly offer each other's services.

from: Austin American Statesman

AT&T eager to take on cable providers
By SCOTT LEITH
Cox News Service
Wednesday, November 22, 2006

ATLANTA — It's no secret that BellSouth — like the company that plans to buy it, AT&T — wants to go head-to-head in the TV business with cable providers such as Comcast.

from: Courier Post

Opinions voiced on Verizon cable plan

By LISA GRZYBOSKI
Courier-Post Staff

CHERRY HILL
The final state Board of Public Utilities public hearing on Verizon's application to sell cable television directly to consumers attracted a mix of supporters and detractors Tuesday.

from: ajc.com

AT&T'S ACQUISITION OF BELLSOUTH
Video a vital battleground

By SCOTT LEITH
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 11/22/06

It's no secret that BellSouth — like the company that plans to buy it, AT&T — wants to go head-to-head in the TV business with cable providers such as Comcast.

from: U.S. Newswire

$4 Million Check from Dems to Nunez Looks Like Laundered AT&T Funds, Should Be Returned

Assembly Speaker Carried Cable Deregulation Bill for AT&T as Company Raised Money for Party

11/20/2006 3:11:00 PM

To: State Desk

Contact: Carmen Balber of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, 310-392-0522 ext. 324

from: Press & Guide Newspapers

Cable bill sails in legislature
Despite opposition from mayors

By Cristen Kis

PUBLISHED: November 22, 2006

DEARBORN/DEARBORN HEIGHTS - Customers with cable subscriptions through Comcast or WOW! may soon have another choice — AT&T. But that additional option could come with a multi-million dollar price tag for local governments.