§ 59-15. Educational and governmental access.

A. 

The company will continue to provide one channel for government and educational access. The channel will be on the expanded basic or similar tier of service offered by the company in accordance with the Cable Act, Section 611 [47 U.S.C. § 531], and as further set forth below.

B. 

The company does not relinquish its ownership of or ultimate right of control over a channel by designating it for EG use. An EG access user, whether an educational or government user, acquires no property or other interest by virtue of the use of a channel so designated and may not rely on the continued use of a particular channel number, no matter how long the same channel may have been designated for such use.

C. 

The company shall not exercise editorial control over the use of any educational or governmental channel capacity, except the company may refuse to transmit any educational or governmental access program or portion of any public or governmental access program that contains obscenity, indecency, or nudity.

D. 

Educational access. "Educational access" shall mean noncommercial use by educational institutions such as public or private schools, but not home schools, community colleges and/or universities.

E. 

Government access. "Government access" shall mean noncommercial use by the governing bodies of the Township for the purpose of showing the public local government at work.

F. 

Fallow time. Because blank or underutilized PG channels are not in the public interest, in the event the Township or other EG access users elect not to fully program the PG access channel, the company may program unused time on those channels subject to reclamation by the Township upon no less than 60 calendar days' written notice.

G. 

Signal quality. The company shall take any steps that are necessary to ensure that the signals originated on the access channels are carried without material degradation, and with a signal whose quality is equal to that of the other channels that the company transmits.

H. 

Dedicated channel for EG channels. The company shall continue carry the educational and governmental access programming on the channel numbers currently assigned to them. Notwithstanding and pursuant to § 59-15B hereinabove, if the company decides to change the channel designation for any of the EG access channels, it must provide at least 30 days' prior written notice to the Township.