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�!11 11!11 lIIIIIIIIllill IIIIII� lip I • <br />M <br />W'hile federal law also permits the use of informal franchise renewal negotiations with the cable provider <br />at any time (including simultaneously with the formal process), a franchising auth,orlity must be prepared to follow <br />the requiriements of the formal process because, either side may choose to return to, that process at any time <br />during the renewal proceedings. Typically, the renewal proceedings alternate between the formal and informal <br />processes several times. <br />ii�� Iii:fn l are l <br />Can we simpiv extend the exisi: cable franchise? <br />This, is a possibility, although the incumbent provider is not likelyto want to do so. Atypical goal of <br />I <br />'der in franchise renewa�l is to eliminate a�nd/or trlm� back obligations in the current franchise agreements.. <br />pirovi si I I I I <br />incl�u�ding the Institutional Network, the number of'public,,, educational and government (PEG) access channels., <br />and the financial su�ppioirt of those cha�nnel�s. Nevertheless, the commission will expiloire that option with the <br />=0 . - <br />'Whv should we have the NSCC and its staff handle our franchise ireime wial, rather than doing it ourselves? <br />First, cable franchising and renewal law is very complexiii involving the interplay between federa�l.. state <br />Vd local laws and regulations with 30-40 years of legia�l and legislative history. It also is constantly changing and <br />g <br />g <br />'wivolvin., Se�cond.. Comcast is the larest cable company in the United States 1 i <br />%;I I (if not the worid) and has a full-time <br />