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Below are links to various news stories where Stuart Chapman, President of MSA is quoted or referenced:

Stuart Chapman quoted in Community Media Workshop article regarding AT&T's PEG programming. The article date is June 5, 2008. CLICK HERE to read the article.

Dishes gain on cable TV Cost, features nudge viewers to satellites
$2.95 - Chicago Sun-Times - NewsBank - Jan 9, 2001
"Every year people can usually count on a rate hike in the their cable bills," said Stuart Chapman, president of Municipal Services Associates, ...
Rising dish sales cut into cable - Chicago Sun-Times - NewsBank ($2.95)
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Ameritech pulls the plug on local cable expansion
$2.95 - Chicago Sun-Times - NewsBank - Nov 17, 1999
The company that's offered suburban cable TV viewers their best hope for cable ... said Stuart Chapman, a telecommunications consultant in Hoffman Estates. ...
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AT&T's cable 'jigsaw puzzle' years from being...
$2.95 - Daily Herald - NewsBank - Aug 26, 1999
AT&T's sweeping takeover of the Chicago-area cable television market is now in ... the next day," Hoffman Estates computer consultant Stuart Chapman said. ...
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How the TCI-AT&T merger will affect you
$2.95 - Daily Herald - NewsBank - Jul 6, 1998
"If anyone can do it, AT&T certainly has the wherewithal," Hoffman Estates cable consultant Stuart Chapman said. "This time it's going to start to come true ...
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TCI woes spur calls for cable competition Disgruntled subscribers...
$2.95 - Daily Herald - NewsBank - Feb 23, 1997
"Every time they think they're over the hump, they're behind the eight ball again," said Stuart Chapman, a Hoffman Estates cable consultant. ...
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Cable sale study finds no significant problems
$2.95 - Morton Grove Champion - NewsBank - May 16, 2002
A study of the proposed sale of AT&T's cable television operation so far has not found ... Stuart Chapman told the commission at last Thursday's meeting. ...
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AT&T Broadband: A Hard Sell
Forbes - Oct 25, 2001
The plan was to use high-speed pipes to deliver phone, cable and Internet service. ... be renewed until a new commitment is under way," says Stuart Chapman, ...
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Cable costs no longer bound by regulation
$2.95 - Daily Herald - NewsBank - Apr 1, 1999
"It seems a little high, even for them," said cable consultant Stuart Chapman, whose Hoffman Estates firm Municipal Services Associates advises cities on ...
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Streamwood, AT&T continue cable contract talks.(Neighbor)
Subscription - Daily Herald - HighBeam Research - Feb 14, 2002
... said Stuart Chapman, a telecommunications consultant in Hoffman Estates, ... Although cable television rates are set by the Federal Communications ...
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Comcast maneuvers to take advantage of local dominance.(company...
Free with registration - Crain's Detroit Business - AccessMyLibrary.com - Jan 1, 2007
Because it provides cable in 500 Michigan communities, ... Stuart Chapman, president of Municipal Services Associates, a Hoffman Estates, ...
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Addison debates terms of new Comcast cable contract
$2.95 - Daily Herald - NewsBank - Sep 13, 2005
Communication problems between cable giant Comcast and Addison are causing ... Stuart Chapman, president of Municipal Services Associates, said Comcast only ...
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Temporary cable TV contract considered.(News)
Subscription - Daily Herald - HighBeam Research - May 2, 2001
But there is no other cable provider that serves the Tri-Cities to replace AT&T, cable consultant Stuart Chapman said. Said Alderman Chuck Brown, ...
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Many ask: where's the beef? (Ameritech New Media Inc.'s cable...
Subscription - Multichannel News - HighBeam Research - Apr 15, 1996
Attorneys that represent cable operators suggest that the low costs might not be ... "All of Ameritech's plans remain a mystery to us," said Stuart Chapman, ...
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Gurnee spared hike in TCI cable rates - for now
$2.95 - Daily Herald - NewsBank - Mar 7, 1998
Cable TV consultant Stuart Chapman said customers should enjoy their breather, because rates are bound to go back up. "This is very much out of the norm," ...
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Lynchburg, Va., Residents Complain about High Cable Television Rates.
Free with registration - News & Advance - AccessMyLibrary.com - Jan 1, 2007
They also can't dictate what goes into a cable-programming package. Stuart Chapman, a consultant who is helping guide the city through the renewal process, ...
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Lynchburg, Va., Residents Complain about High Cable Television Rates.
Subscription - Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News - HighBeam Research - Mar 6, 2004
They also can't dictate what goes into a cable-programming package. Stuart Chapman, a consultant who is helping guide the city through the renewal process, ...
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Addison, Comcast in talks on new cable deal.(News)
$4.95 - Daily Herald - ECNext - May 13, 2005
Stuart Chapman of Municipal Services Associates was hired by the village to inspect nearly 104 cable system plants in the village. He said some cable lines, ...
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Customers win in battle between cable companies
$2.95 - Daily Herald - NewsBank - Jul 3, 1997
"The main advantage to competition is choice," said Stuart Chapman, a Hoffman Estates cable consultant. "In terms of price breaks, of Ameritech's 38 or 39 ...
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MERGER TO RECHANNEL CABLE TV COMPETITION.
Subscription - Crain's Detroit Business - HighBeam Research - Mar 29, 1999
Detroit's other major cable outfits, Time Warner Inc. and Tele- Communications Inc. ... The merger "probably will be a mixed blessing," said Stuart Chapman, ...
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Elgin hires consultant for cable contract Residents not getting...
$4.95 - Daily Herald - ECNext - May 9, 2002
Stuart Chapman, who works for MSA, said Elgin's cable contract with AT&T is essentially the same one it signed 30 years ago. ...
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Illinois towns fail to reassure Ameritech. (Ameritech New Media...
Subscription - Multichannel News - HighBeam Research - Apr 22, 1996
Ameritech wanted an extension on the Regional Cable Group's request for franchise ... They stiffed us," said Stuart Chapman, president of Municipal Services ...
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Towns may take cable matters into own hands
$2.95 - Daily Herald - NewsBank - Apr 25, 1998
And TCI, the dominant player in the lucrative Chicago-area cable TV market, ... rates or customer service that is indifferent at best," said Stuart Chapman, ...
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AT&T cable picks up disturbing signals from Geneva users.(News)
Subscription - Daily Herald - HighBeam Research - Jun 28, 2000
AT&T became the city's cable television provider after buying out TCI, which bought ... Stuart Chapman, a consultant for the city, doesn't expect any other ...
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Kane County asking public for views on cable TV service
$2.95 - Daily Herald - NewsBank - Jun 23, 2006
County officials will use the information to draft a county cable ordinance and ... satellite (and) high- speed data service," said Stuart Chapman, ...
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Towns not expected to fight cable takeover
$2.95 - Daily Herald - NewsBank - Mar 13, 1999
"TCI is going to have to change, and change very fast," said Hoffman Estates-based cable consultant Stuart Chapman, who worked for the five Northwest ...
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… near for BATV? Legislation could slash funding for cable...
Subscription - Daily Herald - HighBeam Research - Aug 22, 2005
It's a right granted by the 1984 Cable Franchise Policy and ... Stuart Chapman, a Hoffman Estates telecommunications consultant for cities and counties, ...
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AT&T spreading local phone service in suburbs Company also
$2.95 - Daily Herald - NewsBank - Jan 14, 2000
"AT&T's worst nightmare would be if the cable went out, and it took phone service out too," Hoffman Estates cable expert Stuart Chapman said. ...
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TCI takes over in local cable market
$2.95 - Daily Herald - NewsBank - Apr 18, 1998
"And there are tremendous advertising dollars to be made by having a regional market," said Stuart Chapman, a Hoffman Estates cable consultant. ...
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TCI rates increase 9 percent on June 1
$2.95 - Daily Herald - NewsBank - Apr 23, 1997
Stuart Chapman, a cable TV consultant, said he wasn't at all surprised by TCI's rate increase. He views it as an economic necessity for the nation's largest ...
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Upset officials seek competitor to challenge AT&T Broadband.(News)
Subscription - Daily Herald - HighBeam Research - Feb 21, 2002
In the words of Stuart Chapman, a Hoffman Estates-based cable TV consultant, the effect on AT&T's customer service reps "was like somebody sticking a fire ...
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NORTH AURORA LOOKS TO MAP CITY'S SERVICES
$2.95 - Beacon News - NewsBank - Jul 12, 1998
Glass recommended the board hire Stuart Chapman, president of Municipal ... In a related issue, Glass told the board the cable system franchise is up for ...
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Lodi residents may lose yard space to AT&T cabinets: Boxes...
Free with registration - The Record - AccessMyLibrary.com - Jan 1, 2007
... containing everything from electric transformers to cable TV connections. ... They're not just eyesores, according to Stuart Chapman, an Illinois ...
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Satellite, cable war escalates with 'fair' for residents
$2.95 - Daily Herald - NewsBank - Aug 31, 1999
In addition, AT&T Cable Services has agreed to offer deals that might give greater ... Stuart Chapman, president of Municipal Service Associates in Hoffman ...
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Cub Scouts go on trash detail to show their neighborliness.(Neighbor)
Subscription - Daily Herald - HighBeam Research - Jul 6, 2000
Cable choices?: People want more choices when it comes to cable television ... Municipal consultant Stuart Chapman said there is a remote possibility that ...
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Chicago Overbuild Prospects Looking Up
Multichannel News - Multichannel News (subscription) - Jun 18, 2001
WOW's purchase of SBC Communications Inc.'s Americast-branded cable operation ... to show up so they can start extending welcomes," said Stuart Chapman, ...
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Chicago Overbuild Prospects Looking Up.(Brief Article)
Free with registration - Multichannel News - AccessMyLibrary.com - Jan 1, 2007
WOW's purchase of SBC Communications Inc.'s Americast-branded cable operation ... to show up so they can start extending welcomes," said Stuart Chapman, ...
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Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL)
$2.95 - Beacon News - NewsBank - Jul 26, 1998
The board, which met last week with Stuart Chapman, president of Municipal ... The cable system franchise is up for renewal in one year, and the board wants ...
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Itasca price war makes big waves in cable industry
$2.95 - Daily Herald - NewsBank - Sep 26, 1999
A better strategy, said Hoffman Estates cable consultant Stuart Chapman, is to actively invite more than one cable company to install lines in town. ...
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Lodi residents may lose yard space to AT&T cabinets
Stockton Record - Jun 3, 2006
... containing everything from electric transformers to cable TV connections. ... They're not just eyesores, according to Stuart Chapman, an Illinois ...
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Daily Herald (Newspaper) - February 21, 1990, Chicago, Illinois
Subscription - Daily Herald - NewspaperArchive - Feb 21, 1990
... response to doing Schaumburg Assist- ant to the Village Manager Stuart Chapman said. ... Other cable service providers readily admit to problems past, ...
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Daily Herald (Newspaper) - February 19, 1990, Chicago, Illinois
Subscription - Daily Herald - NewspaperArchive - Feb 19, 1990
Officials turned off by cable guidelines BY DANIELLE ACBTO Dally Herald StaH ... to doing Schaumburg Assist- ant to the Village Manager Stuart Chapman said. ...
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More channels on way for TCI Expanded lineup likely will mean bigger...
$2.95 - Daily Herald - NewsBank - Apr 10, 1998
"Part of that is due to the demand for services that can't be offered over the old systems," said Stuart Chapman, a Hoffman Estates cable consultant. ...
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Elburn hopes new pact will improve cable TV
$2.95 - Daily Herald - NewsBank - Oct 20, 1999
Triax bought the village's original 15-year cable contract from Dowden Communications and ... Stuart Chapman, president of Municipal Service Association, ...
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The Daily Herald (Newspaper) - February 4, 1991, Chicago, Illinois
Subscription - Daily Herald - NewspaperArchive - Feb 4, 1991
Village cable coordinator Stuart Chapman said Dunham's ideas on eluding road closure could be worked into the system. village public relations director ...
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The Daily Herald (Newspaper) - February 19, 1990, Chicago, Illinois
Subscription - Daily Herald - NewspaperArchive - Feb 19, 1990
Officials turned off by cable guidelines BY DANIELLE ACETO Dally Herald Stall ... that" Schaumburg Assist- ant to the Village Manager Stuart Chapman said. ...
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The Daily Herald (Newspaper) - February 19, 1990, Chicago, Illinois
Subscription - Daily Herald - NewspaperArchive - Feb 19, 1990
Officials turned off by cable guidelines BY DANIELLE ACETO Dally Herald SUM ... to doing Schaumburg Assist- ant to the Village Manager Stuart Chapman said. ...
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Towns close to finalizing new TV deal with TCI
$2.95 - Daily Herald - NewsBank - Mar 27, 1999
... having become the cable television branch for its new parent company, said Stuart Chapman, a cable consultant who works for the five towns. ...
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Daily Herald (Newspaper) - April 10, 1998, Chicago, Illinois
Subscription - Daily Herald - NewspaperArchive - Apr 10, 1998
"Part of that is due to the demand for services that can't be offered over the old said Stuart Chapman, a Hoffman Estates cable consultant. ...
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The Daily Herald (Newspaper) - June 27, 1991, Chicago, Illinois
Subscription - Daily Herald - NewspaperArchive - Jun 27, 1991
... The sometimes complaint-laced pabl held by TCI of Illinois cable company ... the said Schaumburg Administrative Assistant Stuart Chapman can request any ...
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Daily Herald (Newspaper) - April 10, 1998, Chicago, Illinois
Subscription - Daily Herald - NewspaperArchive - Apr 10, 1998
"Part of that is due to the demand for services that can't be offered over the old said Stuart Chapman, a Hoffman Estates cable consultant. ...
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Agencies, towns cooperate on road projects.(Neighbor)
Subscription - Daily Herald - HighBeam Research - Mar 28, 2002
The cable front: The Northwest Municipal Conference, which includes Buffalo Grove, ... Dr. Barry Orton and Stuart Chapman will perform the review. ...
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City Officials Squawk Over Tight-Lipped AT&T, Comcast.
Subscription - Cable World - HighBeam Research - Jun 3, 2002
Another cable industry attorney who is familiar with several ongoing transfer ... Orton and Stuart Chapman of Municipal Services Associates Inc. jointly ...
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Daily Herald (Newspaper) - April 10, 1998, Chicago, Illinois
Subscription - Daily Herald - NewspaperArchive - Apr 10, 1998
"Part of that is due to the demand for services that can't be offered over the old said Stuart Chapman, a Hoffman Estates cable consultant. ...
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