PEG Access Channels. 5.1.1. The Licensee shall continue to make available to the Issuing Authority and/or the PEG Access Designee, as designated in writing by the Issuing Authority, three (3) SD PEG Access Channels on its Basic Service Tier. In accordance with Section 5.1.2 below, the Issuing Authority may also request one (1) HD PEG Access Channel for a total of four (4) PEG Access Channels.
5.1.2. In addition to the three (3) SD PEG Access Channels referenced above, the Licensee shall make one (1) HD PEG Access Channel available to the Issuing Authority and/or the PEG Access Designee, as designed in writing by the Issuing Authority, as follows: Starting on the Effective Date of this Renewal License, the Issuing Authority may make a written request for such an HD PEG Access Channel to the Licensee. Upon receipt of the Issuing Authority’s written request, the Licensee shall make such an HD PEG Access Channel available to the Issuing Authority or the PEG Access Designee within two hundred and seventy (270) days of the Licensee’s receipt of such written notice. The Issuing Authority shall include in its written notice a statement of whether the programming on such HD PEG Access Channel shall either be a simulcast of existing SD PEG Access Channel programming or distinct programming. The Issuing Authority or the PEG Access Designee may subsequently change the programming on the HD PEG Access Channel from an SD PEG Access Channel simulcast to distinct programming, or from distinct programming to an SD PEG Access Channel simulcast, upon one hundred (180) days prior written notice from the Issuing Authority to the Licensee which change shall not occur more than once during the License term. To the extent permitted by law, the Licensee shall be allowed to recover from Subscribers applicable costs incurred to transmit HD PEG Access Channel programming of any type.
5.1.3. All programming content for the HD PEG Access Channel shall be transmitted to Licensee in HD-SDI format with a resolution of 720p. Licensee reserves the right to reassign channel number and location for any or all of the PEG Access Channels at any time during the term. The Issuing Authority expressly acknowledges that an HD PEG Access Channel may not be available at all times during the term of this License on Licensee’s Basic Service Tier and that in order to view the HD PEG Access Channel, a Subscriber may be required to upgrade equipment at an additional charge.
5.1.4. The Licensee may carry PEG Access Programming ...
PEG Access Channels. Any Licensee-owned channel(s) made available by the Licensee and provided for use for the presentation of PEG Access Programming.
PEG Access Channels. (a) The Licensee shall continue to make available for use by the Issuing Authority and/or its designee(s) three (3) Licensee-owned Subscriber Network Downstream Channels for PEG Access purposes, which shall be used to transmit non-commercial PEG Access Programming to Subscribers, at no cost to the Town, the Issuing Authority and/or its designee(s) and shall be subject to the control and management of the Issuing Authority and/or its designee(s).
(b) While the Licensee retains sole discretion for channel placement in accordance with terms of this Renewal License, the Licensee shall attempt to minimize the number of PEG Access Channel assignment changes. The current PEG Access Channel locations on the Basic Service Tier are 12, 15 and 17. The Licensee shall not move or otherwise relocate said channel locations of the PEG Access Channels without ninety (90) days advance, written notice to the Issuing Authority and/or its designee(s). In the event that the Licensee does relocate a PEG Access Channel(s), the Licensee shall reimburse the Town or its designee up to Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500) for reasonable administrative and/or technical costs incurred by the Town and/or Access Corporation as a direct result of all PEG Access Channels relocated during any given channel realignment process. Documentation of such costs shall be submitted by the Town and/or Access Corporation to the Licensee prior to any incurrence of said cost(s).
(c) The Licensee shall continue to provide the three (3) activated Downstream Channels for PEG Access use in standard digital format in the Licensee’s Basic Service. The Licensee shall carry all components of the standard definition PEG Access Channel Signal(s) provided by the Issuing Authority and/or its designee(s) including, but not limited to, closed captioning, stereo audio and other elements associated with PEG Access Programming. The Issuing Authority and/or its designee(s) shall be responsible for providing the PEG Access Channel Signal(s) in a standard definition format to the interior demarcation point at the designated point of Origination for the PEG Access Channel(s). The Licensee shall transport and distribute the PEG Access Channel Signal(s) on its Cable System and shall not discriminate against PEG Access Channels with respect to the functionality, signal quality, and features from those of the local broadcast digital format channels carried on the Cable System. With respect to Signal quality, the License...
PEG Access Channels. (a) Subject to Section 3.1 supra, no later than eighteen (18) months from the Execution Date of the Final License, the Licensee shall make available to the Issuing Authority and/or its designee(s), six (6) full-time Downstream Channels for PEG Access purposes on the Subscriber Network. There shall be no charges and/or costs whatsoever to the Issuing Authority, the Town, program originators, and/or Subscribers for such capacity.
(b) The Licensee shall make available four (4) Upstream Channels, or the equivalent thereof, for remote cablecasting of PEG Access Programming and/or interconnection to said six (6) PEG Access Downstream Channels. To the extent that one or more of said Upstream Channels are not available on the Subscriber Network, the Licensee shall make such upstream capacity available to the Town from any location on the Cable System, including any interface equipment that may be necessary on account of such upstream capacity not being on the Subscriber Network. There shall be no charges and/or costs whatsoever to the Issuing Authority, the Town, program originators, and/or Subscribers for such equivalent capacity and/or interface equipment.
(c) Said PEG Access Channels shall be used to transmit PEG Access Programming to Subscribers without charge to the Issuing Authority, its designee(s), the Town, program originators, and/or Subscribers, and shall be subject to the control and management of the Issuing Authority and/or its designee(s).
(d) Except as required by applicable law, rule or regulation, the Licensee shall employ its best efforts to use Channels 42, 47, 52, 53, 77 and 78 on the Subscriber Network as the channel locations of the PEG Access Downstream Channels. The Licensee shall not change said channel locations, without the advance, written consent of the Issuing Authority, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
PEG Access Channels. Any Channel(s) made available for the presentation of PEG Access programming.
PEG Access Channels. (a) The Licensee shall provide two (2) PEG Access Channel(s) for non-commercial use by residents of the Town, the educational authorities, organizations serving the Town and local government officials.
(b) The Licensee shall not charge residents of the Town, educational authorities, organizations serving the Town or local or any other regional governmental entities for non- commercial use of the PEG Access channel(s).
(c) Rules shall be established by the Issuing Authority or its designee in cooperation with the Licensee regarding PEG Access Programming, priority of use of the PEG Access channel(s), the prohibition of lottery information and obscene or indecent matter (modeled after prohibitions found in other FCC rules and regulations), and permitting public inspection of a complete record of names and addressees of all persons or groups requesting time on the PEG Access channel(s). If an Access Corporation is formed pursuant to Section 6.2, the Access Corporation shall be responsible for the rules regarding PEG Access Programming.
(d) The Town may request a third PEG Access Channel when the first two channels are used to cablecast locally produced, non-duplicative, non-commercial, non-character generated programming seventy-five percent (75%) of the time between the hours of 6:00 AM and 10:00 PM six days per week for six consecutive weeks; provided, however, that specific cablecasting may be cablecast and re-cablecast a total of six (6) times during said six week period for the purposes of this Section 6.1(d). Provided that the Issuing Authority gives the Licensee three (3) months written notice, Licensee shall make such third PEG Access Channel available (i) as soon as possible if channel space is available or (ii) if there is no channel space available, Licensee shall have nine (9) months following receipt of the Issuing Authority’s request to make such third PEG Access Channel available.
PEG Access Channels. (a) The Licensee shall provide two (2) public, educational and governmental (“PEG”) Access channel(s) for non-commercial use by residents of the Town, the educational authorities, organizations serving the Town and local government officials. Use of channel capacity for PEG Access shall be provided on the most basic tier of service offered by Licensee in accordance with Federal law, 47 U.S.C. 531. Licensee does not relinquish its ownership or of its ultimate right of control over a channel by designating it for PEG Access use. Licensee shall not exercise editorial control over any public, educational or governmental use of channel capacity, except Licensee may refuse to transmit any public access programming or portion of a public access program that contains obscenity, indecency or nudity (see Section 611 of the Cable Act).
(b) The Issuing Authority may request a third (3rd) PEG Access channel so long as a threshold use requirement is met for each of the two (2) existing PEG Access channels. In order to request a third (3rd) PEG channel, the two (2) existing PEG Access channels must be used to cablecast first run, non-repetitive, Plainville-produced, non-commercial, non-alpha numerical programming at least eighty percent (80%) of the weekdays (Monday through Friday) for eighty percent (80%) of the time during any consecutive eight hour period for six (6) consecutive months. The Issuing Authority must provide the Licensee with a detailed written documentation demonstrating the threshold has been met. Licensee shall make the third (3rd) PEG Access channel available within six months, provided, however, that if channel space is not available at the time of the Issuing Authority’s written request, the Licensee shall have twelve (12) months following receipt of the request to make the third (3rd) PEG Access channel available. If the two initial PEG channels fail to meet the threshold for four (4) consecutive months, the Licensee may reclaim the third (3rd) PEG Access channel on sixty days written notice; provided, however, that the Licensee may not reclaim either of the two (2) initial PEG Access channels.
(c) The Licensee shall not charge residents of the Town, educational authorities, organizations serving the Town or local or any other regional governmental entities for non- commercial use of the PEG Access channel(s).
(d) The Issuing Authority or its designee shall be responsible for developing, implementing, interpreting and enforcing rules regarding the ...
PEG Access Channels. (a) The Licensee shall make available two (2) of its full-time channels for non- commercial, PEG Access use to the Town and/or the Town’s designee(s). Licensee shall make available a third (3rd) channel for non-commercial, PEG Access use to the Town and/or the Town’s designee within twenty four (24) months of the Effective Date of this Renewal License.
(b) Said PEG Access Channels shall be used to transmit PEG Access Programming to Subscribers without charge to the Town, the public schools, or any organizations serving the Town.
(c) The Licensee shall not change its PEG Access channel locations, without the advance, reasonable, written notification to the Issuing Authority and the Access Corporation. In the event that the Licensee does relocate one or more PEG Access Channel(s), the Licensee shall reimburse the Town or the Town’s designee responsible for said Access Channel, up to One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) for each such PEG Access Channel relocation(s), to cover said party’s actual cost therefore, such as new stationery, logos, notices, etc., with supporting documentation, prior to relocating such PEG Access Channel(s).
PEG Access Channels. (a) The Licensee shall provide two (2) PEG Access channels for non- commercial use by residents of the Town, the educational authorities, organizations serving the Town and local government officials.
(b) The Licensee shall not charge residents of the Town, educational authorities, organizations serving the Town or local or any other regional governmental entities for non-commercial use of the Local Origination/PEG Access channels.
(c) Rules shall be established by the Licensee in cooperation with the Issuing Authority or its designee regarding Local Origination/PEG Access programming, priority of use of the Local Origination/PEG Access channels, the prohibition of lottery information and obscene or indecent matter (modeled after prohibitions found in other FCC rules and regulations), and permitting public inspection of a complete record of names and addressees of all persons or groups requesting time on the Local Origination/PEG Access channels.
PEG Access Channels. (a) Upon the PEG Access Transition Date, the Licensee shall make available to the Issuing Authority or its designee(s)
