by Khalil Hachem
November 26, 2008
The Ann Arbor News
http://www.mlive.com/annarbornews/news/index.ssf/2008/11/ypsilanti_goes_after_comcast_f.html

The city of Ypsilanti will fight for franchise fees it says Comcast owes for cable services to Eastern Michigan University students.

The Ypsilanti City Council has asked an attorney to investigate whether Comcast should have been paying a percentage of the fees it collects for providing cable services at EMU dormitories.

by Jeremy W. Steele
October 29, 2008
Lansing State Journal
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20081029/NEWS03/810290348/1004/NEWS03

AT&T Inc. has taken the first step toward rolling out its cable television service in Lansing.

The Lansing City Council on Monday approved a video service franchise agreement with the San Antonio-based telecommunications giant.

The agreement gives AT&T permission to operate a cable TV service in the city. It joins Philadelphia-based Comcast Corp. and Lansing-based Arialink.

By Jason Carmel Davis
October 16, 2008
Press & Guide Newspapers
http://www.pressandguide.com/stories/101508/loc_20081015006.shtml

DEARBORN - Federal Judge Victoria Roberts has ruled against Comcast's motion to dismiss the city of Dearborn's lawsuit regarding public, educational and government (PEG) access channels.

Instead, the city's lawsuit will continue, with the judge referring the key issues to the Federal Communi-cations Commission (FCC). The judge described the FCC as an expert on cable TV issues.

Consumers protest Comcast rates, service, shutdown of Detroit public access

By Diane Bukowski
October 15, 2008
The Michigan Citizen
http://www.michigancitizen.com/...

DETROIT — Over the last two months, protesters have descended on Comcast offices in Southfield, Michigan and Chicago, Illinois to demand lower rates and improved service.

Additionally, Detroit’s Cable Communications Commission reports that they have an ongoing dispute with the nation’s largest broadband company. Earlier this year, Comcast shut down its public access facility in Detroit and refused to pay the city its state-mandated two percent Public, Educational and Government (PEG) fee.

By Bill Laitner
October 3, 2008
Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081003/BUSINESS06/81003118

A federal court order in Detroit today gave hope to municipal officials in Michigan fighting the push by cable-television operator Comcast to move public-access stations from low channels such as 12 in Dearborn to channels in the 900s.