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<br />. <br /> <br />Company of Minnesota, Ltd., and assumed all obligations <br />under the franchises with the approval and consent of the <br />CITIES and the COMMISSION. <br />3. The cable television franchises and ordinances of <br />the CITIES presently in effect granting JONES and Cable <br />T.V. Fund l4-A, Ltd. -the right to be the cable television <br />operator and franchisee in the CITIES are substantially <br />identical in form and content. <br />4. In September 1988, JONES sought the approval of the <br />COMMISSION, as agent for the CITIES, to change the <br />programming provided to the CITIES by deleting the USA <br />Network ("USA") and replacing it with Turner Network <br />Television ("TNT"). <br />S. At a meeting of the COMMISSION held in Buffalo, <br />Minnesota on November 16, 1988, the COMMISSION voted to deny <br />JONES' request to delete the USA service and to replace it <br />with TNT. On January 20, 1989, the COMMISSION, as agent for <br />the CITIES, approved formal Findings of Fact and Conclusions <br />denying JONES' request. <br />6. JONES has initiated litigation against the <br />COMMISSION and the CITIES, contending, among other things, <br />that the actions of the COMMISSION in denying JONES' request <br />were erroneous under the Cable Communications Policy Act of <br />1984. The lawsuit, Jones Intercable, Inc. v. <br />Sherburne/Wright County Cable Communications Commission, et <br />al., is presently pending before the United States District <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />- 2 - <br />