A.
Unless otherwise specified in a franchise agreement,
the franchisee shall reserve for use by the township, without charge,
a minimum of 5% of its downstream channel capacity for public, educational
and governmental use or, if greater, the amount of capacity required
to transmit three six MHZ channels to subscribers delivering a signal
the technical quality of which is equivalent to the technical quality
of other channels on the system.
B.
Unless otherwise specified in a franchise agreement,
the franchisee shall reserve for use by the township, without charge,
a minimum of 20 MHZ of its activated upstream capacity for public,
educational and governmental use or, if greater, the amount of capacity
required to transmit three six MHZ channels upstream.
C.
Unless otherwise specified in a franchise agreement,
the franchisee shall provide all modulators, demodulators, laser transmitters/receivers
and other devices as may be required to permit use of the upstream
and downstream capacity. After January 1, 1994, upon the township's
request, the franchisee shall make such modifications as may be required
to use video compression technology and add such equipment in connection
with all or part of the upstream and downstream channel capacity for
public, educational and governmental use.
A.
The franchisee shall provide, at cost, within 120
days upstream channel capacity for live telecasts from such public
buildings or other locations as may be required by the township.
B.
The franchisee shall provide to the township the ability
to override the audio portion of the system in the event of an emergency
and to change over to a video government channel in order to make
emergency broadcasts. The township shall pay for the necessary character
generator at the franchisee's cost.
