For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
"ACCESS CHANNEL." A government, education, or public channel which is carried on the cable system, but which is not part of any institutional network.
"BASIC CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE." Any service tier which includes the retransmission of local television broadcast signals.
"CITY." The City of Florence.
"COUNTY." The Boone County Fiscal Court, Kentucky or its lawful successor.
"FCC" or "FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION." The federal administrative agency, or lawful successor, authorized to oversee cable television and other multi-channel video provider regulation on a national level.
"FRANCHISE." The initial non-exclusive authorization or subsequent renewal granted by the city which authorizes a person to construct, operate and maintain a cable system in all or part of the city.
"FRANCHISEE." The legal entity granted the cable television franchise by the city and any entity having any rights, liabilities or interest to the franchise whether by assignment, transfer or other means.
"OPERATOR." Franchisee, its assignee or transferee.
"PAY-PER-VIEW EVENT(S)" or "PAY-PER-VIEW MOVIE(S)." The delivery over the cable system of audio and video signals in an unintelligible form for a set fee or charge over and above the charge for standard or basic service and in addition to any premium channel on a per event or per movie basis where said unintelligible or unusable form is made intelligible for viewing only to subscribers paying a separate fee or charge for the viewing of the event or events.
"PREMIUM CHANNEL." The delivery over the cable system of audio and video signals in an unintelligible form to subscribers for a monthly fee or charge, (over and above the charge for standard or basic service) on a per channel basis where said unintelligible or unusable form for viewing is made intelligible only to subscribers paying a separate fee or charge for the viewing or use of the signals.
"PUBLIC, EDUCATIONAL OR GOVERNMENTAL ACCESS FACILITIES."
(1) Channel capacity designated for public, educational or governmental use; and
(2) Facilities and equipment for the use of such channel capacity.
"RATE." The monthly price paid by a subscriber in order to receive cable service.
"SERVICE DAY." Those days the United States Postal Service delivers regular mail (typically, Monday through Saturday, excluding federal holidays).
"SERVICE OUTAGE." The loss of picture or sound on all basic subscriber channels, or one or more auxiliary programming channels (including tiers and pay programming), and which is not caused by the failure or malfunction of a subscriber's television receiver or by the error of the subscriber.
"SUBSCRIBER." A person lawfully receiving service delivered over a cable system by a cable operator.
(Ord. O-19-08, passed 11-11-08)