IP Democracy: Verizon Lands Cable Franchise in Maryland County

Verizon is slowly and steadily racking up cable franchises throughout its service territory — the latest franchise is in Howard County, MD, a well-to-do exurb of Washington, DC. The Howard County Council voted unanimously on Tuesday night to let Verizon offer video services over its fiber-based FiOs platform.

This marks at least the 12th video franchise awarded to Verizon for its multichannel FiOs TV service, with one of those franchises covering the entire state of Texas (see table below).

Verizon FiOS TV Initiatives
Month	State	Communities	Type of FiOs TV Initiative
May-05	FL	Temple Terrace	Video franchise awarded
Jul-05	VA	Herndon	Video franchise awarded
Aug-05	FL	Manatee County	Video franchise awarded
Sep-05	CA	Murrieta City	Video franchise awarded
Sep-05	NY	Massapequa Park Village	Video franchise awarded
Sep-05	NY	Keller	FiOs TV service launched
Sep-05	VA	Fairfax City and Fairfax County	Video franchise awarded
Oct-05	CA	Apple Valley	Video franchise awarded
Oct-05	MA	Woburn	Video franchise awarded
Oct-05	TX	State-Wide	Video franchise awarded
Dec-05	TX	northern Carrollton, Coppell, central Flower Mound, northern Fort Worth nearest Keller, north central Irving and central Lewisville	FiOs TV service launched
Jan-06	MD	Howard County	Franchise awarded
Source:  Emerging Media Dynamics compilation of company information.  © 2006.

Posted by Cynthia Brumfield on January 4, 2006 12:03 PM to IP Democracy