Center for Media Education

Cable Television Franchise Summary

Locality: Indianapolis, IN
Cable Operator: Time Warner
Date: October 1996

Financial Support Franchise Fee Five percent (5%) of gross revenues
Capital Funds PEG Capital costs: five (5) equal annual payments of $60,000
Technical Bandwidth Dowmstream: 750 MHz, 550MHz activated upon completion of rebuild; Upstream: 35 MHz
Subs/Node Average of six hundred (600) single family homes with the maximum node size being one thousand (1,000) units when a substantial portion of the units are multiple dwelling units.
Rebuild "State-of-the-art" hybrid fiber optic coaxial network; include multiple self-healing fiber optic transport rings with automatic switching; at least 77 channels downstream at between 54 MHz and 550 MHz; utilize fiber-to-the-node architecture
I-net Technical Four (4) analog bi-directional data communications transmissions channels; specific technical parameters such as nominal impedance of 750ohms, amplitude flatness +1 dB, group delay +10 nsec, etc.
Funds Provide channel capacity, equipment, facilities, systems, and services for all governmental buildings
PEG Access Channels Three (3) analog video channels plus one (1) additional channel after rebuild; plus two (2) additional analog channels (of 6 Mhz each in the bandwidth between 50 Mhz and 550 Mhz) upon activation of digital services
Funds Provide facilities and equipment for programming to be transmitted from the origination studios to Operator's headend; Capital costs: five (5) equal annual payments of $60,000
Digital Two (2) additional analog channels (of 6 Mhz each in the bandwidth between 50 Mhz and 550 Mhz) upon activation of digital services
Reg. Authority Rates None
Signal None
Service None
Access None
Equity None