[R.O. 2011 § 670.250; R.O. 2009
§ 111.040; Ord. No. 01-125, 6-20-2001]
A.
Every grantee shall, to the extent required
in its franchise agreement and subject to applicable law, provide
or fund on an equal basis with other cable providers an institutional
network that provides two-way broadband voice, video and data capabilities
for use by governmental, educational and other publicly-funded or
non-profit local community service organizations identified by the
City.
B.
Every grantee shall also provide a channel
or channels, bandwidth capacity, service and funding for separate
public, educational and government access channels as specified in
their franchise agreement. All such PEG access channels shall be available
to all subscribers as part of their basic cable service. Given the
ongoing changes in the state of technology as of the effective date
of this Chapter, absent the express written consent of the City, grantee
shall transmit PEG access channels in the format or technology utilized
to transmit all of the channels on the basic cable service tier. Oversight
and administration of the PEG access channels shall be set forth in
the franchise agreement. The City reserves the right to designate
a community access corporation or similar entity to administer one
(1) or more of the access channels.
[R.O. 2011 § 670.260; R.O. 2009
§ 111.041; Ord. No. 01-125, 6-20-2001]
To ensure high quality service on the institutional network and access channels, proof of performance testing throughout the system and on all channels will be made available to the City to the extent required in a franchise agreement. Every grantee will monitor access channels throughout the system to determine the level of technical quality of access channels is in conformance with FCC rules and to ensure that the level of technical quality on such channels is the same as on other channels. A log of such monitoring shall be maintained by the grantee for inspection by the City. In the event that a complaint is made by a programmer of any PEG access channels, the grantee shall immediately investigate the complaint and determine whether the grantee is in compliance with the technical standards set forth in Section 670.280 of this Chapter. The procedures set forth in Section 670.290 of this Chapter shall apply with respect to technical testing of access channels.
