Connecticut General Statutes 16-331n – Free video service for libraries and schools
A certified competitive video service provider shall provide any library serving the public and any school system, college or university, located in a part of the certified competitive video service provider‘s franchise area where service is available, with one outlet for basic video service at no charge if such library, school system, college or university participates in educational or public access programming offered throughout the company’s franchise area. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may exempt any provider from providing such service at no charge if it would have an adverse impact on the provider. No certified competitive video service provider shall be required to provide such free service if the library or school is receiving community antenna television service or video service from another provider.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 16-331n
- another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- Authority: means the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority and "department" means the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
- Certified competitive video service provider: means an entity providing video service pursuant to a certificate of video franchise authority issued by the authority in accordance with section 16-331e. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
- Community antenna television service: means (A) the one-way transmission to subscribers of video programming or information that a community antenna television company makes available to all subscribers generally, and subscriber interaction, if any, which is required for the selection of such video programming or information, and (B) noncable communications service. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1
- Video service: means video programming services provided through wireline facilities, a portion of which are located in the public right-of-way, without regard to delivery technology, including Internet protocol technology. See Connecticut General Statutes 16-1