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April 28, 2016
Dear Franchise Authority,
RECEiVED
MAY - 5 2016
We want to take a moment to inform you of an upcoming adjustment to Cable ONE's cable
television rate structure.
At Cable ONE, we are committed to providing our customers with quality TV programming at a
reasonable price and we work hard to minimize costs on behalf of our customers. However,
the retransmission consent fees that local broadcast TV stations charge Cable ONE to carry their
channels have increased nearly 90 percent over the past three years — even though broadcast TV
stations distribute their signals over the air, using spectrum granted to them for free by the
federal government.
Despite our best efforts to control these dramatically increasing retransmission consent fees,
Cable ONE, like other cable and satellite companies, can no longer continue to absorb these
increased costs. As a result, Cable ONE will institute a Broadcast TV Surcharge of $4.96 for all
residential cable customers beginning with their June billing statement. This Broadcast TV
Surcharge reflects a portion of the rapidly escalating charges levied by the owners of local
broadcast TV stations, including NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox and others.
We value our partnership with the city and we will continue to provide our customers with the
latest products and technical advancements, while maintaining the highest level of reliability and
customer care. We recognize that we have a responsibility to our customers and the
communities where we do business, and we will continue to ensure that we are the kind of
company that our communities are proud to call a neighbor.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have and we look forward
to working with you in 2016.
Sincerely,
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Cheryl Goettsche
Cable ONE General Manager
208-455-5575
Chervl.goettsche@cableone.biz