Broadstripe files for bankruptcy

Officials of Broadstripe, formerly known to cable customers as Millennium Digital Media Systems, have announced the company has filed for bankruptcy.

The company filed for relief in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, which will allow the business to restructure its debt.

Broadstripe provides services in Maryland, Michigan, Oregon and Washington.

There are about 40,000 Broadstripe subscribers in Anne Arundel County, making the company the second-most prevalent provider of telecommunications services in the county. Comcast, the market leader, has about...