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.
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Sources: Cable Television Franchise Agreement, Cable Television Franchise Agreement