Ordinance - #83-01 - Index for Changes - 01/11/1983

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subscriber, and further to comply with all technical standards of their proposal and Federal Cc~munications CcmYnission requirements. Group W s_ha]] initia31y activate a two-way capable system. ~=~' Group W s_ba_3] construct its facilities as set forth in its proposal to the City. The System shall carry broadcast stations, an emergency override channel 10, 'and 8 special access channels including public, educational, govern- ment, leased, regional, religious, Senior citizens, and library access. The franchise details specific access rules which must be developed by Group W. The System shall include a separate institutional network which Will permit 38 separate television channels to be sent to each institution and 16 channels to be returned. Group W will provide institutional network service to at least 33 institutions listed in Section 7 of the franchise. The System serving the cities of Andover, Anoka, Champlin and Ramses sba] ] be completely interconnected. The System sba] 1 also be constructed so that other systems now or hereafter constructed in any area adjacent to the System may be interconnected. The System shall be capable of sending programs to each community separately so that the residents of one comuunity may view a given program .while at the same, residents of another community may watch different programming at the same time on the same channel. The standard VHF channel 6 is designated for uniform regional channel usage.