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As a result of cable company buy-outs or mergers of
local or national consequence, the franchisee (our cable
company) has changed five times since 1986.
The most recent merger was of AT&T
Broadband and Comcast.
Technically, no cable television franchises were transferred
as a result of the 2002 merger transaction. Branford
(one of ten AT&T Broadband franchise areas in Connecticut)
continued to be held by the franchisee via the merger.
However the cable Company became Comcast, Inc.
 COMCAST
is marketed as XFinity @2010
COMCAST,
Inc. @2007 --- Franchise
change
COMCAST,
Inc @2002
AT&T
Broadband @1996
TCI
Cablevision of So. Central CT
@1992
Heritage
Communications, Inc. @1989
Rollins
Cablevision of CT @1986
Community
TV Systems @1975
The consolidation of media corporations
is a topic of much debate. Anticipated consumer benefits
identified in merger documents follow:
accelerate broadband deployment
in areas such as telephony,
high-speed Internet service, video-on-demand,
other interactive television services,
as well as achieve substantial
operating synergies that will serve the public interest.
Note:
In 2007 the video provider of television ATT was approved
as a statewide market competitor. ATT serves some neighborhoods
in this franchise. This council does not handle any
customer issues for ATT sold as U-Verse.
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Our Cable Co. is COMCAST
Call 1-800-COMCAST
(800-266-2278) or click here for Product
information available in CT. In 2010 Comcast products
are marketed as XFINITY.
For COMCAST
Media Industry Profile: click CTAM
Brief
Our
history of cable consolidation can be traced in the Dept.
of Public Utilities records which are made public via their
Docket Web Site.
Adelphi Comcast
Merger
July 28th 2006
Docket 05-06-13
Status
Rpt dated 3.13.2007
AT&T Comcast
Merger
Docket
# 02-03-10 dated 9.4.2002
Statistics
# of Basic Subscribers
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