Center for Media Education

Cable Television Franchise Summary

Locality: Fort Worth, TX
Cable Operator: Marcus
Date: 1999

Financial Support Franchise Fee Five percent (5%) of gross revenues
Capital Funds I-Net constuction and maintenance
Technical Bandwidth None.
Subs/Node None.
Rebuild None.
I-net Technical A minimum of six (6) dark optical fibers interconnecting each of the I-Net Sites in a star or hybrid network architecture.
Funds Costs of installing and maintaining a minimum of six (6) dark optical fibers for each I-Net site; plus all costs for connecting the I-Net from Company's head end to two sites and actual cost of the first five hundred (500) feet of fiber optic fiber installation from Company's fiber optic Facilities to any respective I-Net Site.
PEG Access Channels Public Access (1); Educational Access (2); and Government Access (2)
Funds None.
Digital Programming for the City PEG Channel delivered to Company for simultaneous distribution on the Cable System is done solely by fiber optic (not coaxial or hybrid fiber coax) lines.
Reg. Authority Rates None.
Signal None.
Service A number of consumer protection provisions are provided in the franchise agreement; plus FCC rules and regulations
Access None.
Equity None.