(A) Carriage of Chicago-area television stations. Unless prohibited by rules and regulations of the FCC, each BTN for which a franchise is granted under this chapter shall carry the signals of all television broadcast stations whose specified zone includes the city.
(B) Other channel requirements. Whether or not required by the regulations of the FCC, each such network shall:
(1) Have a minimum capacity of 52 channels;
(2) Have the capacity for two-way active communications;
(3) Provide at least one noncommercial access channel on which use by educational agencies within the city shall have priority over all other uses;
(4) Provide at least one noncommercial access channel on which the city shall have priority over all other uses;
(5) Provide at least one noncommercial access channel on which public interest programming shall have priority over all other uses; and
(6) Provide at least one channel, the use of which is available to the public on a leased basis.
(C) Service packages. Subject to division (D) of this section, a grantee may offer service packages to subscribers or potential subscribers in such number, description and content as the grantee determines, provided that all service packages shall be offered on a nondiscriminatory basis as provided in § 116.051.
(D) Basic service. Each grantee shall offer the basic service. The basic service need not be offered by that name, insofar as subscribers are concerned, but for purposes of this chapter, the service shall be known as the basic service. The grantee is not required to provide the basic service to a subscriber as a condition to the provision of other service packages. This division shall not be construed as an effort by the city to regulate the program content of the basic service. The only purpose of this division is to ensure that the basic service will be offered to subscribers as one of the grantee’s service packages.
(E) Public installations and service.
(1) The grantee shall connect the network to each public school and public library, and to the municipal buildings as the city may designate, without charge for installation and maintenance of one basic cable outlet per connection. The installation shall be made within 60 days of completion of the cable trunk line that would serve the buildings.
(2) Any service granted pursuant to division (E)(1) of this section may be extended by the persons receiving such service to other areas within the building where the service is granted or its adjacent buildings which are a part of the total complex receiving the service. The person receiving the service shall pay all expenses for any such extension and shall complete the extension so as not to interfere with the operation of the network.
(3) The grantee shall provide, without charge, the basic service to each installation made pursuant to division (E)(1) of this section.
(F) Emergency alert override. Each grantee shall incorporate into its facilities the capability for a remotely activated emergency override alert system whereby a designee of the city, in times of emergency, may introduce an audio and/or visual message on all network channels simultaneously. The city shall hold the grantee harmless and indemnify the grantee for liability resulting from the emergency use of the network by the city.
(2000 Code, § 5.12.240)