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News Releases
"TCTA Reacts to Competitive Cable and Video Services Act #2" May 1, 2008
"TCTA Reacts to Competitive Cable and Video Services Act #1" April 7, 2008
"Media Alert re: AT&T Job Losses" December 5, 2007
"Editorial by Stacey Briggs, TCTA" November 19, 2007
"AT&T’s Plan is Bad for Tennessee" October 1, 2007
"TCTA Statement on Statewide Cable Franchising Failure" May 24, 2007
"Letter of opposition from Shelby County Schools" May 17, 2007
"The Reviews are in from Across the State – AT&T’s Plan is Bad News for Tennessee Consumers and Communities" May 10, 2007
"Consumer Groups Join Mounting Opposition to Shortcut Legislation" May 3, 2007
"Letter to Legislators from Tennessee Tribune Publisher & Owner, Rosetta Miller-Perry" April 16, 2007
"Phone companies to require large boxes for cable product" April 16, 2007
"Phone Giants not Seeing Success on Franchising Issue" March 12, 2007
"Statement by the TCTA to FCC Ruling" March 6, 2007
"Uh…Can I Get Back To You On That?" March 5, 2007
"TV4US (AT&T) Not Shooting Straight in Tennessee" March 1, 2007
"Letter from Tennessee County Services Association to Legislators" February 14, 2007
"Statement by Tennessee Municipal League" February 14, 2007
"Statement by Stacey Briggs, TCTA" February 14, 2007
"TCTA Opposes Legislation that would “Shortcut” Current Process and “Short Change” Consumers and Local Governments" By: TCTA, January 18, 2007
Articles
"Is AT&T avoiding poor, minority neighborhoods?" By: Charles Emory, The Northwest Indiana and Illinois Times, February 20, 2008
"Real Estate Group Puts U-Verse Under Fire" By: Linda Haugsted, Multichannel News, February 15, 2008
"AT&T's stand against franchising rules is potentially discriminatory" By: Biship George Price, The Tennessean, February 3, 2008
"Reverse for AT&T's U-Verse video?" By: Jeff Richgels, The Capital Times, January 24, 2008
"Letter to the Editor - Check proposed cable law's authors" By: Jack Parnell, The Commercial Appeal, January 10, 2008
"Area city officials oppose AT&T push for video, TV service" By: Hank Hayes, TimesNews.net, January 4, 2008
"Is cable TV law really needed?" By: Unknown, The Commercial Appeal, December 28, 2007
"Cable industry fires broadside at AT&T Tennessee" By: Milt Capps, Nashvillepost.com , December 6, 2007
"AT&T trims U-verse rollout estimate" By: Associated Press, November 6, 2007
"General Assembly committee chief won't sponsor AT&T reform bill" By: Milt Capps, Nashvillepost.com, September 25, 2007
"Spending Slowdown at AT&T?" By: Ryan Lawler, Light Reading, September 24, 2007
"AT&T to meet with municipal leaders throughout state before next year" By: Unknown, The Tennessee Journal, May 28, 2007
"It's all in how you define competition" By: Mike Pirtle Publisher/Editor, The Murfreesboro Post, May 27, 2007
"Death of cable bill buys time to regroup, craft legislation" By: Germantown and Collierville Appeal, The Commercial Appeal, May 25, 2007
"Cable bill may pull plug on GHS-TV: County officials urge lawmakers to oppose measure" By: Lindsay Melvin, The Commercial Appeal, May 22, 2007
"Don't turn local franchising of cable over to the profit sector" By: Elliott Mitchell, The Tennessean, May 16, 2007
"Proposed 'AT&T law' would in effect remove local service control" By: Unknown, The Daily Times, May 16, 2007
"Legislative pace needs to pick up" By: Unknown, The Commercial Appeal, May 14, 2007
"Legislature steals power, leaves us asking in vain" By: Mike Pirtle, The Murfreesboro Post, May 14, 2007
"Real competition welcomed, but this just doesn't cut it" By: Casey Conley, The Shelby Sun Times, May 6, 2007
"Tennessee Voices: Phone giant tries to muscle in on a local process" By: Aubrey Givens, Tennessean.com, May 6, 2007
"Letter to the Editor: Would AT&T offer consumers low cable rates?" By: Dr. E. Faye Williams, National Congress of Black Women, The Daily News Journal, May 4, 2007
"Statewide cable franchise bill should be defeated" By: Unknown, The Jackson Sun, April 23, 2007
"Many leery of AT&T cable bill" By: Mary Perren, The Daily News Journal, April 22, 2007
"The Tennessee Tribune is strongly opposed to the video franchising legislation" By: Rosetta Miller Perry, The Tennessee Tribune, April 19, 2007
"Red-hot digital television issue moving into prime time" By: Unknown, The Tennessee Journal, April 16, 2007
"Cable clash - Gloves are off as AT&T's bid to enter market nears showdown" By: Richard Locker, The Commercial Appeal, April 15, 2007
"Bills would create digital 'haves' and 'have-nots'" By: Joel Kelsey and Frannie Wellings, The Commercial Appeal, April 15, 2007
"'Competition' could have heavy cost" By: Dr. Lurene Cachola Kelley, The Commercial Appeal, April 15, 2007
"Don't be misled on cable law" By: Unknown, The Commercial Appeal, April 15, 2007
"NAACP chief: Beware telecom bill that could hurt poor neighborhoods" By: Randolph Bracy Jr., Orlando Sentinel, April 13, 2007
"It’s ‘lobbyists gone wild’ in the legislative telecommunication fight" By: Larry Daughtrey, The Tennessean, April 8, 2007
"Soddy-Daisy Fighting AT&T Bill" By: Hannah Campbell, Chattanoogan.com, April 6, 2007
"Tennessee's digital divide? If bill passes, don't expect lower cable bills" By: State Senator Tommy Kilby, Knoxville New-Sentinel, April 1, 2007
"TML’s Bragg: AT&T limits itself and maligns cities" By: Milt Capps, Nashvillepost.com, March 27, 2007
"AT&T rejects Nashville video franchise for the second time" By: Milt Capps, Nashvillepost.com, March 12, 2007
"AT&T’s video plan gets FCC help, but legislative path not easy" By: Unknown, The Tennessee Journal, March 12, 2007
"Cable, AT&T battle shifts from Capitol to airwaves" By: John Rodgers, The City Paper, March 7, 2007
"FCC Eases Video Entry for Telecom Companies" By: Corey Boles, The Wall Street Journal, March 6, 2007
"City Council to Vote on Cable Service Provider Bill" By: Hayli Morrison, Lebanon Democrat, March 6, 2007
"Cable providers against act that would facilitate fast AT&T market entry" By: Michael Sheffield & Erin Lawley, Nashville Business Journal, March 3, 2007
"Tennessee Legislators Planning Discriminatory Telecommunications Policy" By: Unknown, Tennessee Tribune
"Cable franchising a concern" By: John Huotari, The Oak Ridger, February 28, 2007
"The Council approved a resolution expressing its opposition to proposed legislation in the 105th General Assembly by AT&T titled the “Competitive Cable and Video Service Act" By: David Davis, Cleveland Daily Banner, February 27, 2007
"Be wary of move to alter franchising" By: Dr. E. Faye Williams, Chattanooga Times Free Press, February 23, 2007
"Assembly shouldn't let AT&T bypass franchises" By: Unknown, Johnson City Press, February 25, 2007
"Cable War Fails to Reduce Rates in Montgomery County" By: Ann E. Marimow, Washington Post, February 18, 2007
"AT&T ventures into ‘Net TV" By: Naomi Snyder, The Tennessean, February 18, 2007
"Rural residents now have more TV choices" By: Naomi Snyder, The Tennessean, February 18, 2007
"AT&T wants TV rights" By: Richard Locker, The Commercial Appeal, February 14, 2007
"Colo. Statewide-Franchise Bill on Hold" By: Linda Haugsted, Multichannel News, February 8, 2007
"Don’t expect AT&T’s television service here anytime soon" By: Jerri Stroud, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 24, 2007
"Franchises & Fairness" By: Carly Harrington, Knoxville News-Sentinel, January 7, 2007
"Telecom turf wars" By: Andy Sher and Dave Flessner, Chattanooga Times Free Press, January 4, 2007
"Proposed cable changes could impact service, rates" By: Jeremy Johnson, Hendersonville Star News, January 3, 2007
"Cable fees to be hot legislative issue" By: Erik Schelzig, Associated Press, December 30, 2006
"Digital divide widens even more" By: Mark McCleary, Guest Columnist, Seattle Post, December 30, 2006
"The Telco Boxes Are Coming" By: Unknown, June 5, 2006
"Civil Rights Unplugged" By: C. Delores Tucker, Seattle Post, October 15, 2005; A19
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