Agreement with Bright House Networks approved

Service from cable television provider Bright House Networks will soon be available in Mountain Brook.

Following the Mountain Brook City Council’s approval of a five-year agreement in July, Bright House is cleared to provide cable to residents. In exchange, the agreement lists several items of compensation for the city:

• Bright House will pay the city 5 percent of its gross revenues in quarterly installments. The company may designate a portion of subscribers’ bills to recover this cost. It is also required to pay the city a fee of 25 cents per subscriber per month.

• Bright House will make available one digital channel that the city will use to provide educational and governmental programming. This channel will become available when subscribers in the area reach 1,000 or 18 months after the agreement takes effect.

• The company agreed to interconnect with other cable or video providers to deliver educational and governmental programming.

• Bright House will provide complimentary basic cable to each public school, as well as buildings that house municipal government administration, police, fire and library services.