The minimum capacity for a cable system shall
be 450 MHz with at least 77 downstream channels. Each cable franchise
agreement shall require the franchisee to provide the Village with
a written description of the cable system within the Village, including
technical characteristics, channel capacity, channel carriage and
a strand map. The franchisee shall provide the Village with an updated
description, either upon request by the Village or whenever substantial
changes in the system are made.
The franchisee shall, to the maximum extent
possible, assign, as dial or station locations for local broadcast
television stations carried on the system, numbers, accessible by
either a cable-ready television or a converter, which correspond to
their respective FCC-assigned television station call numbers.
The franchisee shall provide access channels
on the subscriber network for the exclusive use of designated institutions
as follows:
A. The number and use of said channels will be prescribed
in the franchise agreements, and such channels shall be available
on the lowest tier of basic service without additional charge.
B. The franchisee shall make every reasonable effort
to assign public, educational and government channels to the same
channel numbers assigned to the equivalent of such channels by other
providers within the Village and in contiguous municipalities in which
the franchisee also provides such channels.
To the extent applicable, renewal shall be governed
by the Cable Act.
Applications for franchises shall include proposals
for the provision of public, educational and governmental access to
the telecommunications system.