> The city of Springfield, Illinois, will collect $980,000 from Comcast after an auditing firm found an underpayment of franchise fees. State Journal-Register article
> Charter is ramping up its call for online privacy legislation that applies opt-in requirements on the sharing of personal info, no matter who is doing the sharing. Multichannel News article
> Just a day after announcing a major upgrade in its internet service offerings in Lincoln, Nebraska, Charter Communications said on Thursday it will close its local customer service center. Lincoln Star Journal article
> Sinclair Executive Chairman David Smith saw his total compensation for 2017 jump to about $6.6 million, according to the company’s new proxy filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. FierceVideo article
> The NFL will be streaming on Amazon Prime Video again for the 2018 and 2019 seasons per a new deal for NFL Thursday Night Football. FierceVideo article
> Amazon is set to raise the annual price on new Prime subscriptions in May from $99 to $119 per year, company CFO Brian Olsavsky said on the company’s first-quarter 2018 earnings call, according to multiple reports. Multichannel News article