Utah Legislature: Cable customers could get small break

Utah Legislature: Cable customers could get small break

By Robert Gehrke
The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Feb 6, 2012 05:20PM MDT

Cable TV customers could get a break of about $3 to $4 on their monthly bill, thanks to a proposed $6.6 million tax rebate that the sponsor said is meant to put cable and satellite providers on equal footing.
Sen. Wayne Niederhauser, R-Sandy, said the goal of SB112 is to provide parity between the fees paid by cable providers and their satellite competitors, which are currently exempt from paying local franchise fees.
“We shouldn’t be, as government, deciding winners and losers,” Niederhauser sa...

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