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Based on available data gathered by the Commission through its surveys over the last three years:
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Of the 1,629 existing franchise agreements, 1,024 are now using the Uniform Video Service Local Franchise Agreement. That is an increase of 218 uniform video service local franchise agreements, compared to the 2008 data.
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In 2009, Michigan had 2,365,147 video/cable customers, a net increase of 42,676 (2%) customers from 2008. This does not include customers of satellite providers, which are not required to have franchise agreements with municipalities.
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Throughout 2009, 174 municipalities have had one new provider file for a franchise agreement; 22 have had at least two providers file for a franchise agreement; four had three new providers file for a franchise agreement; and one had four new providers file for a franchise agreement, representing a slight increase in municipalities seeing growth.
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The top three video/cable companies with the most subscribers in Michigan are Comcast, Charter Communications, and Wideopenwest Michigan (WOW).
There were three new video/cable providers entering the market in 2009. Since January 1, 2007, a total of nine video/cable providers are reported to have entered the Michigan market. - During 2009, providers reported investing $269,780,173 into their Michigan video/cable markets. Since the Act became effective on January 1, 2007, providers have reported investing a total of $894,207,814 into their Michigan markets.
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