Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Communication
Advisor
Lee Shaker
Date of Award
Summer 9-1-2017
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.) in Communication
Department
Communication
Physical Description
1 online resource (vi, 65 pages)
Subjects
Municipal franchises -- United States -- Finance, Cable television -- Taxation -- United States
DOI
10.15760/etd.5725
Abstract
Cable Franchise Fees and PEG Fees function as key resources to the longevity of local media. Critics of the fees suggest that revenue earned from them is misplaced, and/or misused. This research examines the budgets of twenty US cities to determine how much money cities are collecting from these fees and where these funds are spent in an attempt to determine if the actual usages of Franchise and PEG Fee revenue corresponds to their theoretical benefits.
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/21399
Recommended Citation
Stewart, Duncan Chaz, "Investigating Cable: the Potential and Actual Value of PEG & Franchise Fees" (2017). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 3831.
https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3831
10.15760/etd.5725