(A) The cable television system shall have a design, capacity, bandwidth, minimum channel capacity, and minimum activated channels as follows:
(1) In the initial service area, the company shall provide a dual-cable system in accordance with the provisions in the company's application.
(2) Notwithstanding conflicting commitments in the company's application, in the additional service area the company, at its discretion, may install either dual or single cable, provided that the company activates at least 54 channels for subscriber viewing.
(B) Repealed.
(C) Notwithstanding conflicting commitments in its application, the company shall maintain the following within the two-county region:
(1) At least one specially-designated, noncommercial public access channel available on a first-come, nondiscriminatory basis;
(2) At least one specially-designated access channel for use by local elementary and secondary educational institutions and authorities;
(3) At least one specially-designated access channel for use by higher educational institutions and authorities; and
(4) At least two specially-designated access channels for local government uses.
(D) The company shall have available equipment and other related production facilities for local production and presentation of cablecast programs other than automated services and shall permit its use for the production and presentation of public access programs. In addition, the company shall cablecast at least 27.5 hours per week of local origination programming, excluding access programming, programming received via satellite, automated programming (such as messages produced by alphanumeric character generation), advertising and program production for a fee. At least ten hours of such local origination programming shall consist of first-run programming produced locally, and at least seven and one-half hours of such local origination programming shall consist of first-run headline news and sports programming. The other ten hours of local origination programming may consist of either original first-run programming produced locally, or re-programming and re-runs of such programming, in any proportion at the company's option. This obligation supersedes all obligations for local origination programming by the cable operator described in Form K of the company's application.
(E) All subscribers receiving channels showing first-run movies and special entertainment events shall be provided with a key-lock device which prevents the unauthorized viewing of such channels.
(F) The company shall incorporate into its cable television system the capacity which will permit the county, in times of emergency, to override, by remote control, the audio portion of all channels simultaneously. The company shall designate a channel which will be used for emergency broadcasts of both audio and video. The company shall cooperate with the county in the use and operation of the emergency alert override system.
(G) (1) The company may be required to interconnect its system with other broadband communications facilities. Such interconnection shall be made within the time limit established by the Board. The interconnection shall, at the Board's discretion, be accomplished according to the method and technical standards determined by the Board and generally accepted in industry practices. For the purpose of this division,
BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY means any network of cable, optical, electrical or electronic equipment, including cable television systems, used for the purpose of transmitting telecommunications signals.
(2) The company shall use all reasonable diligence in negotiating with operators of other broadband systems and governmental authorities in arranging for such interconnection. The company may be excused from any requirements under this division upon a showing that the operator of the broadband facility to be interconnected or the franchising authorities in other jurisdictions refuse to reach a reasonable agreement regarding such interconnection.
(H) The company shall provide such additional services and facilities as are contained in its application, which is incorporated by reference herein. However, notwithstanding this requirement, the company shall not be obliged to provide interactive services such as those described in Form J (pp. 10kk-10pp) of the company's application. The company's release from such interactive service obligations shall not be construed to alter the company's obligations with respect to the institutional network, such as those described in Form I (pp. 8-11j, 17d, and 17i) of the company's application.
(Ord. 450.1, passed 12-4-80; Am. Ord. 450.5, passed 7-17-92)