(A) The Council/franchising authority recognizes that under Section 624 of the CCPA, codified at 47 USC 544, the legal power of local government is severely restricted in requiring and/or demanding that particular video programming or other services be provided to subscribers over the multi-channel system.
(B) Nevertheless, the Council/franchising authority recognizes that it should strive to ensure that its citizens receive the widest and most diverse selection of video programming possible. Consequently, for those MCS providers required to maintain a franchise, the Council/franchising authority states as its objective to such franchised MCS providers that the provision of video programming to subscribers should include the following broad categories:
(1) Local broadcast stations;
(2) Two distant carriage signals or satellite-fed broadcast stations;
(3) PEG programming on the lowest offered and/or available tier;
(4) Sports programming services (regional and/or national);
(5) News, information, or public affairs/interest programming services;
(6) Financial/consumer-oriented programming services;
(7) Scientific and/or cultural programming services;
(8) Children's programming services; and
(9) Ethnically sensitive programming services.
(Ord. 4-1994-20, passed 4-12-94)