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Home My WebLink AboutCable TV - 1996 - 01_11MINUTES ALLEN CABLE TV AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING January 11, 1996 ATTENDANCE. Members Present: Donald Wing Douglas Dreggors Ty Westfall Sherry Bennett Mark Pacheco Members Absent: Bill Huber Eric Willard Staff Present: Michael Stanger Donna Holden CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM: With a quorum of the committee present, the Regular Meeting of the Allen Cable TV and Telecommunications Advisory Committee was called to order by Donald Wing at 7:03 p.m. on Thursday, January 11 1996, in the Meeting Room of the Allen Public Library, Two Allen Civic Plaza, Allen, Texas. The following items were discussed: APPROVAL OF MINUTES The November 9, 1995 minutes were approved as written with a motion made by Mark Pacheco and seconded by Sherry Bennett. All approved. The December 14, 1995 minutes were approved as written with a motion made by Ty Westfall and seconded by Doug Dreggors. All approved. WORK PLAN LEARNING SUBJECTS Public Access Channel (PAC) - Don Wing Mr. Wing had passed out information he received off the Internet regarding City of Austin's PAC guidelines. He will continue to look for any helpful information he can find on PAC guidelines. At this point a video tape from TCI about the PAC was viewed. Mr. Pacheco commented the PAC is going to require extensive work regarding rules, regulations, equipment, taping room, training, etc., and suggested the City's attorney assist in reviewing the guidelines. Mr. Westfall asked if staff would check on what equipment TCI has now for our PAC and where the video room is going to be. Mr. Westfall also suggested the committee set a time frame on completing all of the tasks associated with starting up the PAC. Mr. Dreggors asked Michael Stanger if the attorney in Washington that assisted the City with the franchise work could help Page 2 CTTAC Minutes January 11, 1996 with guideline wording, and Mr. Stanger agreed to check Equipment/Installation - Doug Dreggors Had no information at this time. Channel Offerings - Mark Pacheco Passed out an information sheet (attached) about channel offerings. After reviewing the hand out, suggested we find out what the community knows about channels, and what they want. Mr. Wing suggested a survey by TCI might be a good way to obtain this information. Rate Issues - Ty Westfall Mr. Westfall felt this issue was mostly pre -determined with little intervention allowed. Most rates are already regulated. He suggested we keep updated on TCI filings and time frames. Mr. Stanger passed out a letter from TCI Central to the City regarding FCC Form 1240 and a forthcoming rate adjustment. Mr. Westfall will still seek information and plans to visit TCI for more information. Mr. Stanger mentioned that TCI offered to do another walk-thr presentation for the members who were not able to attend the December 14 meeting. Community Customer Information - Sherry Bennett Ms. Bennett had several comments from citizens about the committee meetings not being publicly advertised. She reported that citizens want the committee dates and times put in the newspaper and on the City channel. Mr. Stanger mentioned that a "Citizens Comments" section could be added to the agenda outline whenever the committee was ready to do this. Mr. Westfall suggested the first meeting in February be publicly announced. All members agreed. Mr. Stanger offered and idea to produce, with input from TCI, a flyer/brochure to answer frequently asked questions about cable television. Mr. Westfall said he would like consistent information be given to all members of the committee and staff so we all give out consistent answers to commonly asked questions. Mr. Stanger suggested that the next meeting we focus on time lines and task lists, and schedule discussion of a mailout for the committees' first meeting in February Mr. Dreggors asked what role would the committee play in the PAC. Mr. Westfall said it was his opinion that the committee develop and provide guidelines to the City Council. Mr. Westfall suggested we clarify who administers the PAC, video taping, etc. Mr. Stanger said it would be E City staff. Mr. Dreggors and Mr. Westfall want to check with other cities about their PAC staffing and administration. TCI CABLEVISION OF NORTH TEXAS BASIC CABLE SERVICE CHANNELS (18 channels) 2 PBS KDTN 3 TELEMUNDO KFWD 4 FOX KDFW 5 NBC KXAS 6 Public Access 7 IND KDFI 8 ABC WFAA 9 WB KDAF 10 IND KXTX 11 CBS KM 12 UPN KTXA 13 PBS KERA 15 IND KMPX 17 Allen ISD 19 HSN KHSX 20 TBS KDTX 23 UNIVISION KUVN 60 PREVUE Sneak Preview EXPANDED CABLE SERVICE CHANNELS (18 channels) 24 KLDT Shop at Home 25 City of Allen 26 FAM The Family Channel 27 LIFE Lifetime 28 WGN Chicago Superstation 29 WTBS Atlanta Superstation 30 TNN The Nashville Network 31 TNT Turner Network Television 32 PSP Prime Sports Network 33 USA The USA Network 34 ESPN Entertain/Sports Program 35 CNN Cable News Network 36 TDC The Discovery Channel 37 CNN 2 Headline News 38 NICK Nickelodeon 39 TWH The Weather Channel 57 CMT Country Music Television(part-time) 61 C -SPAN II C -SPAN II (part-time) PREMIUM CABLE CHANNELS (6 channels) 14 ENCORE Encore 16 SHO Showtime 18 DIS The Disney Channel 21 HBO Home Box Office 22 MAX Cinemax 58 STARZ Starz PAY-PER-VIEW CHANNELS (2 channels) 57 Request 4 Pay -Per -View (part-time) 61 Request 1 Pay -Per -View (part-time) i E CABLE CHANNELS NOT OFFERED BY TCI CABLEVISION OF NORTH TEXAS OFFERED IN MORE THAN HALF OF SYSTEMS IN METROPLEX IT channels) A&E Arts & Entertainment AMC American Movie Classics BET Black Entertainment CNBC CNBC C -SPAN C -SPAN MTV MTV Music Television VH1 Video Hits 1 OFFERED IN LESS THAN HALF OF SYSTEMS IN METROPLEX (18 channels) BRAVO Bravo (variety) CARTOON Cartoon Network COMEDY Comedy Central COURT Court TV El El Entertainment ESPN 2 ESPN 2 (sports) EVITN Eternal Word Television Network FOOD TV Food Network F&V Faith & Values F/X F/X (variety) GALA Galavision (Spanish) GOLF The Golf Channel HSN Home Shopping Network INSP Inspirational Network INTL International Television NOST Nostalgia Channel QVC Home Shopping SCI-FI Science Fiction Channel TLC The Learning Channel TMC The Movie Channel PRIMESTAR CHANNELS NOT OFFERED BY TCI CABLEVISION OF NORTH TEXAS BASIC OR EXPANDED BASIC TYPE SERVICE (16 channels) Empire Sports Network Home Team Sports Madison Square Garden Network New England Sports Network Prime Sports (KBQ Prime Sports (Northwest) Pnme Sports (West) PSN Inter -Mountain West (sports) PSN Midwest (sports) PSN Rocky Mountain (sports) PSN Upper Midwest (sports) SportsSouth Network Sunshine Network (sports) ENCORE 3 - Westerns ENCORE 4 - Mystery Classic Sports PAY -FOR -VIEW (4 channels) Hot Choice Viewer's Choice Continuous Hits Playboy PREMIUM SERVICES (1 channel) TV Japan Page 3 CTTAC Minutes January 11, 1996 NEW BUSINESS None ITEMS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMITTEE Mr. Pacheco received a comment from a citizen stating they called in to TO about a cable outage and TCI responded by saying they had to receive at least five calls on an outage before they would create a service call. He would like to know if this is a actual, current guideline. Mr. Stanger mentioned the By -Law rules on absenteeism: three unexcused absences will cause retirement" from the committee. Mr. Dreggors mentioned he thought the intent of this was on the basis on one meeting per month, but we are having two per month. Mr. Westfall offered that it would be disruptive to the committee to have vacancies so early in the life of the committee. Mr. Wing and Mr. Stanger agreed that if a member would miss his or her third consecutive meeting on January 25, the committee would consider formal action to excuse the member or members for the absence. Next meeting will be January 25, 1996, 7:00 p.m. at the Library meeting room. Mr. Wing will not be able to attend this meeting. ADJOURNED Ms. Bennett moved to adjourn the meeting and Mr. Westfall seconded. This meeting was officially adjourned at 8:45 p.m. These minutes read and approved this 25th day of January, 1944._ Chairperson Secretary