Legal Documents of Baneberry

The Competitive Cable and Video Services Act of 2008 essentially grants statewide cable service franchises to those service providers who seek and obtain a state franchise. The Competitive Cable and Video Services Act of 2008, § 7-59-304; Franchise options; negotiated agreements; certificate of franchise authority; (b)(1) provides that the municipal or county franchise is terminated on the date the department Tennessee Regulatory Authority issues the state-issued certificate of franchise authority and no provision of the terminated local franchise is enforceable thereafter, except that until the date upon which the local franchise would have naturally expired, an incumbent cable service provider or entity or person providing cable or video services under a local franchise agreement that is terminated pursuant to this part shall not reduce or otherwise diminish access to cable or video services of any subscriber as of the date of termination if the subscriber does not have access to cable or video services from another local franchise holder or a holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority concerned.¹ (Ord. #217-06, March 2017)