Access Channels Clause Samples

Access Channels. (1) The Franchisee shall continue to provide and maintain channels, facilities, personnel, and financial support for Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) use at least to the same extent as was being provided on the last day of the Prior Franchise, and existing studios and equipment and additionally within one (1) year of the effective date of this Franchise, Franchisee shall to the extent funds are available provide funding for equipment purchases for PEG use. (2) In the event Franchisee increases the channel capacity of its System beyond the minimum required hereunder, in addition to the requirements of subsection (a)(1), the City may require the Franchisee to make available one (1) additional standard (6 MHz) video channel for public, educational, or governmental programming, provided the City requests such channel within ninety (90) days of written notice from Franchisee of the capacity increase. (3) The Franchisee shall provide upstream channels for PEG use. Any reference to an upstream or downstream channel for PEG use refers to a 6 MHz channel; an access channel may be used to provide one (1) or more channels of service.

Access Channels. (A) Grantee intends to continue to provide community messages on one (1) of its existing video programming channels. Grantee shall allow the Town to place its community messages on that shared channel, and to utilize that channel to broadcast Government Access programming. Should Grantee decide to discontinue the shared channel for community messages, Grantee will provide the Town with sixty (60) days advance written notice of the channel discontinuance. (B) Upon 120 days written notice from the Town, after the completion of construction of a Fiber Optic return line pursuant to Section 9.3 and once the equipment in connection therewith is made operational, Grantee shall make available to Town 1 Downstream Channel for PEG use, as provided for in this Section. 1. The Town may delegate management of the PEG Access Channels to a Designated Access Provider. 2. All PEG Access Channels provided for in this Agreement shall be carried system-wide in the Franchise Area, and shall be provided on the Basic Service tier unless otherwise agreed to by the parties. 3. The technical quality of the PEG Access Channels shall not be lower than the quality of other Channels on the same tier of service, at the same technical quality that programming is provided to Grantee by the Town or its Designated Access Provider. 4. The Town shall establish and enforce rules for use of the PEG Access Channels to assure nondiscriminatory access to the Channels to similarly situated users; and to promote use and viewership of the channels, consistent with applicable law. PEG Access Channels may not be used for commercial purposes. 5. Grantee may not exercise any editorial control over the content of programming on the PEG Access Channels.

Access Channels. ‌ (A) Grantee shall continue to provide at no charge upon acceptance of this Franchise, and throughout the term of this Franchise, One (1) Channel for use by Grantor and One (1) Channel for use by the RCC (said Channels to be capable of cablecasting both live and recorded programming only within the geographic territory of Grantor). (B) All assigned Access Channels can be used to transmit programming in any format which is technically compatible with the Cable System, including, by way of example and not limitation, video, audio only, secondary audio and/or text (character generated) messages. Such uses must be in furtherance of Access purposes. Each of the above Channels may be digitized by the Grantee and must be capable of transmitting one digital video signal. Any Access Channels provided via digital or compressed video technology shall have at least the same transmission quality as is used to carry any of the commercial Channels that deliver programming on the System and shall be full motion video. The provision of Access Channels via digital or compressed video technology will not reduce the total Access Channel requirement herein.

Access Channels. Franchisee shall use its best efforts to maintain the number and channel position of the access channels as shown in Appendix J, attached hereto and incorporated by reference. Franchisee shall provide the following number of dedicated access channels: three (3) channels for government access; two (2) channels for educational access; one (1) channel for public access; and one (1) channel for Kirkwood Community College. Upon the City's request, Franchisee shall activate the following additional access channels on the basic tier; one (1) channel for community programming and/or access and one (1) channel for educational access. Upon the request of the City, whenever any public access channels as set forth in this section shows documented proof of performance that they are in use 80% of the cablecast week for any 6 week consecutive timeframe, given at least 8 hours per day, 7 days per week cablecast schedule, with at least 80% (of the time the channel is programmed), unduplicated locally originated programming, the Franchisee shall make such additional access channels) available as necessary for access use within 6 months of receipt of request by the City. The City agrees to share the above listed access channels with other communities served by the same headend on a switched basis. Franchisee shall provide automatic switching from a site selected by the City for any switching needed by the City to allow City programming to be viewed within the City while other communities may be viewing other governmental programs. Other communities, such as Coralville, served by the same headend shall have remote switching capability to allow programming to be viewed within their respective municipalities while Iowa City programming continues to be viewed within the City of Iowa City. In the spectrum between 550 MHz and 750 MHz, and if Franchisee expands bandwidth, the City reserves ten percent of the bandwidth for public, educational and government access use up to 100 analog channels. Such bandwidth will be made available within six (6) months of a request by the City. The City shall make such request when the governmental, educational, and/or public access entities have demonstrated to the City that such additional capacity is needed and usage meets the formula for bandwidth activation specified above. Such additional capacity shall be dedicated for the type of access specified by the City. All active access channels shall be placed on the basic tier of service, unless bo...

Access Channels. The Grantee shall provide to each of its Subscribers who receive Cable Service offered on the Cable System, reception on at least one specially designated access channel. Grantee shall establish rules for the administration of the specially designated access channel, unless such channel is administered by the Franchising Authority. Grantee shall make readily available for public use at least the minimal equipment necessary for the production of programming and playback of live access and prerecorded programs for the access channel in ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’s sole discretion.

Access Channels. (1) Franchisee will provide the County with one (1) PEG Channel, though Franchisee reserves the right to utilize for its own purposes any portion of such channel not utilized for Public, Educational or Governmental (PEG) purposes. The PEG channel will be provided upon request by the County. (2) The Franchisee shall make the PEG channel available to all Subscribers residing within ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ County in those areas where Franchisee has authority to provide Cable Service. (3) Each PEG Access Channel shall be transmitted in standard unscrambled format so that every Subscriber can receive and display the PEG signals using the same converters and signal equipment that is used for other Basic Service Channels. (4) Upon completion of the Cable System upgrade as set forth in Section 5(b), Franchisee shall provide, at its expense, to the County, a new character generator unit with all necessary and related equipment and training as mutually agreed upon by the parties, so the County may transmit printed and graphic information to Subscribers on the Access Channel. (5) If the Franchisee makes changes to Franchisee’s Cable System that require improvements to access facilities and equipment, Franchisee shall provide any necessary additional headend and distribution facilities or equipment within thirty (30) days so that Access Channel facilities and equipment may be used as intended, including, among other things, so that live and taped programming can be cablecast efficiently to Subscribers. (6) If any unused time (fallow time) exists on the Access Channel and Franchisee or any of its affiliates desires to distribute any service over such Access Channel during such unused time, the Franchisee shall so notify the County in writing. The Access Channel, or access channel time, shall be deemed unused only if the Access Channel or access channel time has not been used for the purposes described in this section during the thirty (30) day period immediately preceding the date of the notice described in the foregoing sentence. Franchisee’s notice to the County shall describe Franchisee’s or its affiliate’s plans for use of the access channels. Franchisee or its affiliate may commence the distribution of the planned service over the Access Channel at the end of the thirtieth (30th) day after receipt of such notice, unless within such thirty

Access Channels. Grantee shall provide the following number of dedicated access channels: two (2) channels for government access (one for the City of Clearwater and one for Pinellas County) and one (1) additional digital channel upon the City’s request to be used by the City for local government access, once Grantor provides programming generally on a digital basis; one (1) channel for local origination; one (1) channel for public access; and two (2) channels for educational access (one for the Pinellas County School District and one for the St. Petersburg Junior College). Such channels shall be used exclusively for purposes of public, educational and governmental access programming on a non-commercial, not-for-profit basis. Grantee shall carry and transmit on its lowest basic service level, on the access channels of its Cable System, the same public, educational and governmental programming carried and transmitted on the access channels of the incumbent cable operator in the City, Time Warner Entertainment—Advance/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Partnership (“Time Warner”) or its successors or transferees, so long as the signal for such programming is of high quality and is made available to Grantee at no fee. Grantee shall interconnect the public, educational and governmental access channels of its Cable System with the public, educational and governmental access channels of all other local cable systems in order that the programming on such channels can be universally available to all cable subscribers within the City. Grantee shall be responsible for any costs and expenses necessary to interconnect its Cable System to a mutually convenient and agreed upon point of presence supplied by the other cable operators in the City. Grantor agrees to mediate any disputes between Grantee and other franchised cable operators related to the location of the interconnection point. If such parties, in the opinion of the City are unable to agree on such interconnection point, such point will be determined by the City in the exercise of its absolute discretion. Grantee also agrees to negotiate in good faith an agreement with Time Warner, and its successors, assignees or transferees, by which Grantee and Time Warner, and its successors, assignees or transferees, shall carry all access channels on their systems in the City utilizing the same channel numbers.

Access Channels. The Grantee shall continue to dedicate two (2) Channels for public, education, and government access (“PEG Access”) programming. The two (2) PEG Access Channels must be cablecast on the Basic Cable Service tier. All Subscribers who receive Cable Services offered on the System must receive the PEG Access Channels at no additional charge. Only to the extent required by Minn. Stat. §238.084, Subd. 1. (z) and permitted by applicable law, the VHF spectrum must be used for the provision of at least one (1) of the PEG Access Channels. Nothing herein shall diminish the City’s rights to secure additional channels pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 238.084, Subd. 1(z), and applicable FCC regulations.

Access Channels. The PANDA channel lineup currently includes the following access channels: Public Access 23 Governmental Access 23 Educational Access. 23 Access channel location may change and additional access channels may be activated pursuant to the Franchise Agreements or other means.