(a) (1) The Cable Access Coordinator shall make ½ or 3/4 inch working tapes available. Three 18-minute and two 60-minute tapes may be loaned for any one program, one of which may be used as the master tape. The loan tapes are the property of the City of Oxford.
(2) Loaned tapes must be turned in after each editing, studio and portable camera reservation. The Public Access Producer is responsible for labeling such tapes with producer's name, date returned, and notation on label "Hold for Editing". Tapes will be held by the Talawanda School District for a maximum of 30 days. Tapes not returned will be billed to the producer or sponsoring organization.
(3) The master tape containing the completed program may be purchased from the City of Oxford. Otherwise, producers should furnish their own tapes for final production if the individual or organization wishes to retain the taped program.
(b) A user may make one copy of his/her master tape on his/her own tape using public access equipment, providing the master tape has been scheduled to be cablecast at least once on the access channel.
(c) All tapes submitted for cablecasting must be labeled with the following information:
(1) First airing date;
(2) Title and/or series number;
(3) Running time; and
(4) Producer's name, address and phone number.
(d) A public access producer's program may not be duplicated for anyone other than the producer without his/her written permission, except that the Cable Access Coordinator and/or the City of Oxford may copy and review programs to determine compliance with these rules.
(e) Video and audio on the public access channel(s) may not, at times, be up to the standards acceptable for broadcast and other cable services. If, after viewing a tape with all the available electronic enhancement, the Cable Access Coordinator judges the tape to be of such poor technical quality that it appears to be a scrambled signal or that Time Warner Cable is experiencing technical problems, the producer of the program will be called in for a consultation on whether the tape should play. If such a tape is then cablecast, a disclaimer will accompany the program.
(Ord. 2670. Passed 1-4-00.)
(Ord. 2670. Passed 1-4-00.)