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• EGT's Video Processors Selected by Advanced Cable Communications

  - 2007-05-14

  Advanced Cable Deploys EGT's QUARTET Encoders in Coral Springs, Florida, for Digital Simulcast and Digital Program Insertion ATLANTA -- EGT, provider of the most comprehensive video processing technology for digital networks, today announced that Advanced Cable Communications has selected EGT's QUARTET encoding systems for digital simulcast and digital program...

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• Fla. city settles suit over franchise.(Advanced Cable Communications settels the dispute)

  - 2006-02-20

  Mere days before a federal lawsuit was set for trial, the city of Weston, Fla., and cable provider Advanced Cable Communications settled their dispute over the city's challenge to a unique franchise that gave the operator a captive rate-paying base in the community. ...

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• Round 1 goes to city in odd Florida case.(Weston, Florida)

  - 2005-03-28

  A federal judge in Florida gave an initial win to the city of Weston, Fla., in its fight to trim cable costs for the community's mandatory cable customers. But the operator, Advanced Cable Communications, also claimed partial victory, because the ruling...

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• Round 1 Goes to City in Odd Florida Case (Multichannel News)

  - 2005-03-28

  A federal judge in Florida gave an initial win to the city of Weston, Fla., in its fight to trim cable costs for the community's mandatory cable customers. But the operator, Advanced Cable Communications, also claimed partial victory, because the ruling stripped the city of...

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• ESPN The Truck Open to Fans at Calle Ocho on March 13, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; ESPN's Interactive Extravaganza on Wheels Hosted by ESPN Deportes and Advanced Cable Communications

  - 2005-03-09

  MIAMI -- ESPN The Truck - ESPN's interactive television sports museum on wheels - will be open to fans free-of-charge at Calle Ocho on Sunday, March 13 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Hosted by Advanced Cable Communications, ESPN The Truck will be parked at the corner of Southwest 8th...

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• Florida rate dispute heads to court.

  - 2004-11-08

  Advanced Cable Communications is suing Weston, Fla., claiming the city intends to use its authority to pirate service from the provider. Advanced, the city and a nonprofit foundation have been haggling over a unique franchise agreement that treats cable like a utility...

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• Weston, Fla., officials to battle cable-television company.

  - 2004-09-22

  By Joe Kollin, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 22--WESTON, Fla. -- The city's attempt to free more than 16,000 homeowners from having to pay for mandatory basic cable television will take a new turn next week when officials launch...

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• Florida city balks at buy-basic rule.(homeowners holding deeds that require them to buy basic cable)

  - 2004-09-06

  Wieston, Fla., might have one of the most unique able-franchising situations in the country. About two-thirds of the city's 24,000 homeowners hold deeds that require them to buy basic cable. It's a distinction that city fathers now would like to shed. ...

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• Weston, Fla., Fights Rise in Cable TV Rates for Residents of Area Development.

  - 2003-12-02

  By Joe Kollin, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 2--WESTON, Fla.--More than 16,000 residents will pay slightly more for cable service in January while city officials fight to get lower rates and better service and try to make service voluntary...

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• Michigan muni teams with Vonage.(Upfront: latest news and insight)(Vonage Inc. signs deals with Coldwater Board of Public Utilities, Armstrong Cable Services, Advanced Cable Communications)(Brief Article)

  - 2003-10-01

  Vonage has secured its latest "private label" IP telephony deal, this time signing on the Coldwater Board of Public Utilities, an incorporated municipality located in southwest Michigan. CBPU, which offers cable services to "several thousand" homes passed in the city of...

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