| Financial Support |
Franchise Fee |
Five percent (5%) of gross revenue, plus costs in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this franchise
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Capital Funds |
Public access equipment maintenance: $0.50 per subscriber; Govenrment access capital funds for facilities and equipment: total of $2,500,000 from the company and other city cable television franchisees; $6,250,000 from the Company and other Cablevision-affiliated New York City cable television franchisees.
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| Technical |
Bandwidth |
Upstream: at least 35 MHz; Downstream: at least 800 MHz.
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Subs/Node |
none
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Rebuild |
6 MHz for both the visual and aural carriers and corresponding side bands that constitute the picture and sound of a television program; FM audio Signal occupying 200 kHz of bandwidth, with 400 kHz spacing; data channel 3 kHz to 6 MHz depending upon speed of data transmission.
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| I-net |
Technical |
Five (5) fiber drops dedicated solely to City use; each fiber drop consisting of at least four (4) fiber strands that conform to current industry standards of high quality; ten percent (10%) maximum of the capacity (but in no event more than six (6) fiber strands) of the backbone of the Company's subscriber fiber optic network for connections of fiber drops or interconnect locations plus two (2) fiber strands via alternative routes and utilization of State-of-the-Art technology
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Funds |
$6,250,000 from the Company and the other Cablevision-affiliated New York City cable television franchisees.
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| PEG Access |
Channels |
Five (5) government access and four (4) public access channels (both with access to upstream capacity)
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Funds |
Public access operating: $3.50 per basic service subscriber; $3.75 per subscriber from January 1, 2004 through the end of the franchis; plus $0.60 per subscriber per year for staffing. Public access equipment maintenance: $0.50 per subscriber; Govenrment access capital funds for facilities and equipment: total of $2,500,000 from the company and the other Cablevision-affiliated City Cable television franchisees
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Digital |
The nine (9) or ten (10) analog Access Channels will be converted to full digital capacity; an additional nine (9) MHz of the upgraded portion of the upgraded System shall be Access Channels.
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| Reg. Authority |
Rates |
none
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Signal |
none
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Service |
Consumer protection standards in Appendix I
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Access |
none
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Equity |
No discrimination among subscribers, including Residential and Non-Residential Subscribers, of any service with respect to any fee, charge, deposit, or other term
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