Texas Franchise Fee Fight vs. Disney, Hulu, Netflix Headed for Jan. 9 Trial
A Jan. 9 trial is set in the lawsuit by 29 Texas cities to force Disney, Hulu and Netflix to pay video service franchise fees (see 2304120051), said a proposed scheduling order Monday (docket DC-22-09128) in the 14th Judicial District…
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Court in Dallas. The proposed order calls for fact discovery to close by Sept. 27 and for expert discovery to be done by Nov. 22. The plaintiff cities allege the Texas Public Utility Regulatory Act requires anyone who seeks to provide video programming through wireline facilities located at least partly in the public right-of-way in Texas to obtain a franchise and pay the cities a franchise fee.