As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
All equipment in a cable subscriber's home that is used
to receive the basic service, regardless of whether such equipment
is additionally used to receive other tiers of regulated programming
service and/or unregulated service. Equipment shall include, but not
be limited to, converter boxes, remote control units, connections
for additional television receivers, and other cable home wiring.
BASIC SERVICE
At a minimum, all signals of domestic television broadcast
stations provided to any subscriber (except a signal secondarily transmitted
by satellite carrier beyond the local service area of such station,
regardless of how such signal is ultimately received by the cable
system), any public, educational, and governmental programming required
by the franchise to be carried on the basic tier, and any additional
video programming signals or service added to the basic tier by the
cable operator.
BASIC SERVICE RATE
The rate charged by a cable operator for basic service and
associated equipment costs.
CABLE OPERATOR
Any person or group of persons:
A.
That provides cable service over a cable system and directly
or through one or more affiliates owns a significant interest in such
cable system; or
B.
Who otherwise owns, controls or is responsible for, through
any arrangement, the management and operation of a cable system.
CABLE SERVICE
A.
The one-way transmission to subscribers of:
(2)
Other programming service; and
B.
Subscriber interaction, if any, which is required for the selection
of such video programming or other programming service.
CABLE SYSTEM
A facility, consisting of a set of closed transmission paths
and associated signal generation, reception and control equipment,
that is designed to provide cable service which includes video programming
and which is provided to multiple subscribers within a community,
but does not include:
A.
A facility that serves only to retransmit the television signals
of one or more television broadcast stations;
B.
A facility that serves only subscribers in one or more multiple-unit
dwellings under common ownership, control or management, unless such
facility uses any public right-of-way;
C.
A facility of a common carrier except to the extent that such
facility is used in the transmission of video programming directly
to subscribers; or
D.
Any facilities of any electric utility used solely for operating
its electric utility systems.
FCC
The Federal Communications Commission.
FEDERAL LAW
The federal Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, as amended
by the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of
1992 and all regulations promulgated by the FCC thereunder, as any
of the foregoing may be amended from time to time.