In this article, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
BASIC CABLE RATES
The monthly charges for a subscription to the basic service
tier and the associated equipment.
BASIC SERVICE TIER
A separately available 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 Cablevision Television Consumer Protection and Competition
Act of 1992.
CABLE OPERATOR
Any person or group of persons who:
A.
Provides cable service over a cable system and
directly or through one or more affiliates owns a significant interest
in such a cable system; or
B.
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
service tier, including charges for associated equipment, at the time
the City notifies the cable operator of the City's qualification and
intent to regulate basic cable rates.
MUST-CARRY SIGNAL
The signal of any local broadcast station (except superstations)
which is required to be carried on the basic service tier.
PEG CHANNEL
The channel capacity designated for public, educational,
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 GNP fixed weight
price index, reflecting general increases in the cost of doing business
and changes in overall inflation.
SUPER STATION
Any non-local broadcast signal secondarily transmitted by
satellite.
This article is intended and shall be cumulative
of the rules and regulations adopted by the FCC pursuant to the 1992
Cable Act.