Specifications include, but are not limited to: A. The initial contract term is for three years. B. The TPO will, under terms acceptable to the City and Comcast: 1. Assume management control over the PALA channel on the Comcast cable television network in Wilmington 2. Assume the lease on the studio space currently leased by Comcast at 2801 Lancaster Avenue, Wilmington, DE, for public access/leased access purposes and be subsidized on a monthly basis up to $60,000 annually for that lease, or some other leased space 3. Take responsibility for the equipment now housed in the current studio facility and owned by the City and 4. Recapitalize the facility and provide for ongoing equipment replacement by initially using a grant provided by Comcast through the City and later using a portion of the operating revenue from the facility that is placed by the TPO in a capital reserve fund and by using the small capital equipment grants provided by Comcast through the City. The City has control over Comcasts initial grant of $400,000 and the additional $50,000 grants from Comcast payable on the 6th and 9th anniversaries of the twelve-year franchise agreement. The TPO and the City will need to agree on the use of the funds before they can be expended. C. The TPO will be required to provide the following primary services under terms acceptable to the City and to Comcast: 1. Operate and maintain a public access television facility to provide to area residents: a. Frequent and periodic training in all aspects of studio video production b. Frequent and periodic training in all aspects of field video production c. Frequent and periodic training in all aspects of post-production d. Periodic training in social media techniques e. Video production support f. Video production services for hire and g. An outlet for programming on the web related to the public access channel. 2. Operate and maintain a leased access television facility to provide: a. The sale of leased access time on the PALA channel and b. Video production services. 3. Operate, maintain, schedule, and electronically program the timeslots on the shared PALA channel to allow for a. Sufficient free first-come, first-served non-discriminatory access to the channel by public access facility producers and other members of the greater Wilmington community to reasonably meet demand b. Sufficient for-pay leased access time slots to serve the needs of area individuals, businesses, and organizations c. Sufficient live leased access timeslots to meet demand
