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Vermont is served by fifteen cable television companies, including the two largest, Adelphia and Charter, which together have more than 90 percent of the market.
About 65 percent of Vermonters either have cable TV service or have cable facilities running by their homes so they could subscribe if they chose to do so.
In Vermont, the Public Service Board acts as the "local franchise authority" for cable television companies, granting a certificate of public good to operate in the state that must be renewed every 11 years. Although the PSB has some regulatory authority over cable, federal law limits state or local authority over cable companies, and completely preempts local franchising authorities from regulating rates and programming.
Much of cable regulation is reserved to the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC's Media Bureau website contains further information about federal cable regulation.