§ 6.48.050. Public, educational or government (PEG) channel capacity.

(a)

Each DIVCA franchisee shall designate sufficient capacity on its network to enable the carriage of at least four channels for public, educational and/or governmental (PEG) programming. Unless otherwise requested by the director of public works or his/her designee, the four channels shall be two educational channels and two governmental channels.

(b)

PEG access channels shall be for the exclusive use of the county or its designee to provide public, educational and/or governmental programming.

(c)

Advertising, underwriting, or sponsorship recognition may be carried on the PEG access channels for the purpose of funding PEG related activities.

(d)

The PEG access channels shall be carried on the basic service tier and shall be of similar quality and functionality to that offered by commercial channels on the lowest cost tier of service unless the signal is provide to the video service provider at a lower quality or with less functionality, as provided in subsection (g)(3) of Section 5870 of the California Public Utilities Code.

(e)

To the extent feasible, the PEG access channels shall not be separated numerically from other channels carried on the basic service tier, and the channel numbers for the PEG access channels shall be the same channel numbers used by the incumbent cable operator unless prohibited by federal law.

(f)

After the initial designation of PEG access channel numbers, the channel numbers shall not be changed without prior written consent of the director of public works, or his/her designee, unless the change is required by federal law.

(g)

Each PEG access channel shall be capable of carrying a National Television System Committee television signal, as provided in Public Utilities Code Section 5870(b).

(Ord. No. 3284, § 1, 1-27-15)