(a) Channel Capacity. Company shall meet or exceed programming and channel capacity requirements set forth in the Cable Act consistent with the requirements of federal regulation and law.
(b) Broadcast Channels.
(1) Company shall make available to all residential subscribers a Basic Service tier including, but not limited to:
A. All signals of domestic television broadcast stations entitled to “must carry” status under FCC rules and
B. The initial analog public, education and governmental programming channels required by this Franchise Agreement, and
C. C-Span.
(2) Company shall provide in the Expanded Basic Tier a channel devoted to PCN 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
(3) The Company shall have twelve (12) months from the date of this Franchise Agreement to effect the changes required in this section.
(c) Signal Scrambling. Company shall not scramble or otherwise encode, for the entire term of this franchise, any of the Basic tier except in accordance with federal law. When Company scrambles signals for services other than Basic tier, it shall scramble or otherwise encode the video portions of the signal.
(d) Continuity of Service. It shall be the right of all subscribers to continue to receive service from Company provided their financial and other obligations to Company are honored. Subject to the force majeure provisions in Section 323.16 and routine maintenance, Company shall use is best efforts to ensure that all subscribers receive continuous, uninterrupted service regardless of the circumstances. For the purpose of construction, routine repairing or testing of the Cable System, Company shall use its best efforts to interrupt service only during periods of minimum use. When necessary service interruptions of more than twenty-four (24) hours can be anticipated, Company shall notify subscribers in advance of such service interruption.
(e) Stereo TV Transmissions. All television signals that are transmitted to Company’s headend in stereo shall be transmitted in stereo to subscribers in accordance with FCC standards.
(f) Parental Control Capability. Upon request, and at no separate, additional charge, Company shall provide subscribers with the capability to control the reception of any video and/or audio channel on the Cable System in accordance with FCC standards pursuant to 47 U.S.C. §561 (a).
(Ord. 11-2005. Passed 2-15-05.)