Ordinance 2858-05 - Laserfiche WebLink

1.2. "Access Channel" means any Channel, or portion thereof, designated for Access purposes or otherwise made available to facilitate or transmit Access programming or services. 1.3. "Affiliate" when used in connection with Grantee, means any Person who owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with Grantee. 1.4. "Basic Service" means any service Tier that includes, at a minimum, the retransmission of local television Broadcast Signals and local Access programming. 1.5. "Broadcast Signal" means a television or radio signal transmitted over the air to a wide geographic audience, and received by an Open Video System by antenna, microwave, satellite dishes or any other means. 1.6. "Cable Act" means the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 as amended by the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 and the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as they may be amended, and any future federal cable television laws, acts or regulations. 1.7. "Cable Service" means (a) the one-way transmission to subscribers of (i) video programming, or (ii) other programming service, and (b) subscriber interaction, if any, which is required for the selection or use of such video programming or other programming service. 1.8. "Channel" means a portion of the electromagnetic frequency spectrum which is used in the Open Video System and which is capable of delivering a television channel (as television channel is defined by the FCC by regulation). 1.9. "City" is the City of Everett, Washington, a body politic and corporate under the laws of the State of Washington, and all of the area within its boundaries, as such may change from time to time. 1.10. "City Council" means the Everett City Council, or its successor, the governing body of the City of Everett. 1.11. "Dark Fiber" is optical fiber infrastructure installed and maintained by Black Rock, that does not transmit light pulses for the transmission of information, but which is capable of such transmission upon installation of optronic equipment by either Black Rock or its subscribers 1.12. "Expanded Basic Service" means the Tier of optional video programming services, which is the level of service received by most Subscribers above Basic Service, and does not include Premium Services. 1.13. "FCC"means the Federal Communications Commission. 1.14. "Franchise" means the document in which this definition appears, i.e., this ordinance contractual agreement, executed between the City and Grantee, containing the specific provisions of the authorization granted, including references, specifications, requirements and other related matters. 2