[Ord. No. 94-07 §1, 4-5-1994]
For the purpose of this Chapter the following words and terms
shall have these prescribed meanings:
BASIC CABLE RATES
The monthly charges for a subscription to the basic service
tier and associated equipment.
BASIC SERVICE TIER
A separately available service tier to which subscription
is required for access to any other tier of service, including as
a minimum, but not limited to, all must-carry signals, all PEG channels,
and all domestic television signals other than superstations.
BENCHMARK
A per channel rate of charge for cable service and associated
equipment which the FCC has determined is reasonable.
CABLE ACT OF 1992
The Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition
Act of 1992.
CABLE OPERATOR
Any person or group of persons:
1.
Who provides cable service over a cable system and directly
or through one (1) or more affiliates owns a significant interest
in such a cable system; or
2.
Who otherwise controls or is responsible for, through any arrangement,
the management and operation of such a cable system.
CHANNEL
A unit of cable service identified and selected by a channel
number or similar designation.
COST OF SERVICE SHOWING
A filing in which the cable operator attempts to show that
the benchmark rate or the price cap is not sufficient to allow the
cable operator to fully recover the costs of providing the basic service
tier and to continue to attract capital.
FCC
The Federal Communications Commission.
INITIAL BASIC CABLE RATES
The rates that the cable operator is charging for the basic
tier, including charges of associated equipment, at the time the City
notifies the cable operator of the City's qualification and intent
to regulate the basic cable rates.
MUST-CARRY SIGNAL
The signal of any local broadcast station except superstations
which are required to be carried on the basic service tier.
PEG CHANNEL
The channel capacity designated for public, education, or
governmental use, and facilities and equipment for the use of that
channel capacity.
PRICE CAP
The ceiling set by the FCC on future increases in basic cable
rates regulated by the City, based on a formula using the GNP fixed
weight price index, reflecting general increases in the cost of doing
business and changes in overall inflations.
SUPERSTATION
Any non-local broadcast signal secondarily transmitted by
satellite.