Birmingham Area Cable Board Funding

The Birmingham Area Cable Board is funded by all four communities: City of Birmingham, Villages of Beverly Hills, Bingham Farms and Franklin. Each municipality collects two types of fees from the cable providers, Comcast and AT&T. The providers are responsible for forwarding fees in a timely manner.

Fees are paid for their use of the public rights of way as franchise fees. A 5% franchise fee is collected and 40% is sent to the BACB. Each municipality collects a 3% PEG fee which the BACB uses for the Municipal and Public access stations, equipment, grants to schools. This 3% fee is restricted for Public Educational Governmental related use only.

Birmingham Area Cable Board Financial Report - June 30, 2009