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Charter COMMUNICATIONS Charter COMMUNICATIONS June 17, 2019 The Honorable Kathleen H. Burgess, Secretary NYS Public Service Commission Three Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12223-1350 RE: Franchise Renewal – Time Warner Cable Northeast LLC, locally known as Charter Communications, and the Village of Angola, NY Dear Secretary Burgess: We are herewith filing via email, the following: 1. R-2 Application for Franchise Renewal, channel lineup and rates 2. Municipal Resolution granting renewal dated May 6, 2019 3. Fully executed copy of Franchise Renewal Agreement dated June 5, 2019 4. Copy of latest annual test data compiled for this part of the Division’s CATV system (on file with Commission) 5. Published legal notices We hereby request approval by the Commission of this application pursuant to Section 222 of the Public Service Law. Sincerely, Mark Meyerhofer Director, Government Affairs Charter Communications cc: Hon. Howard Frawley, Mayor 888.GET.CHARTER 355 Chicago Street www.charter.com Buffalo, NY 14204 STATE OF NEW YORK PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION_________________________________________________________________________ In the matter of application of TIME WARNER CABLE NORTHEAST LLC, locally known as Charter Communications for renewal of its Certificate of Confirmation and Cable Television Franchise in the VILLAGE OF ANGOLA, County of Erie, New York ________________________________________________________________ 1. The exact legal name of the applicant is Time Warner Cable Northeast LLC 2. The applicant does business under the name Charter Communications 3. Applicant’s address and telephone number: Charter Communications 355 Chicago Street Buffalo, NY 14204 (716) 686-4446 4.&5. The applicant serves the following municipalities from the same headend or from a different headend in the same or adjacent counties; the number of video subscribers in each of the communities as of March, 2019 are: Municipality Subscriber Municipality Subscribers Amherst, Town 19,726 Lancaster, Village 2,532 Angola, Village 487 Lewiston, Town 2,916 Arcade, Town 163 Lewiston, Village 939 Arcade, Village 466 Lockport, City (1 Fran C&T) 4,957 Aurora, Town 1,856 Lockport, Town 4,927 Barker, Village 80 Machias, Town 359 Blasdell, Village 382 Newfane, Town 1,822 Boston, Town 1,749 Niagara Falls, City 11,182 Brant, Town 215 Niagara, Town 2,036 Cambria, Town 998 North Collins, Town 256 Cheektowaga, Town 19,587 North Collins, Village 314 Clarence, Town 7,946 North Tonawanda, City 7,164 Colden, Town 603 Orchard Park, Town 3,788 Collins, Town 463 Orchard Park, Village 764 Concord, Town 484 Pendleton, Town 1,504 Delevan, Village 240 Perrysburg, Town 186 Depew, Village 3,873 Persia, Town 15 East Aurora, Village 1,698 Porter, Town 982 Eden, Town 1,763 Sardinia, Town 258 Elma, Town 3,231 Sloan, Village 787 Evans, Town 3,470 Somerset, Town 207 Farnham, Village 84 Springville, Village 9 Freedom, Town 124 Tonawanda, City 3,277 Gowanda, Village(Catt) 409 Tonawanda, Town 9,065 Gowanda, Village(Erie) 271 Wales, Town 609 Grand Island, Town 5,065 West Seneca, Town 6,842 Hamburg, Town 6,230 Wheatfield, Town 4,666 Hamburg, Village 1,005 Williamsville, Village 1,570 Holland, Town 632 Wilson, Town 756 Kenmore, Village 1,699 Wilson, Village 294 Lackawanna, City 2,574 Yorkshire, Town 295 Lancaster, Town 7,000 Youngstown, Village 526 6. The following signals are regularly carried by the WNY cable system: (see attached channel/rate card). 7. The applicant does provide channel capacity for local origination. During the past twelve months, the applicant has provided approximately 1,200 hours of locally originated programming of all types including PEG access. 8. The current monthly rates for service in the Village of Angola system are: (see attached). 9. During the past 12 months, the applicant has placed the following miles of new cable television plant in operation In the following municipalities: Municipality Plant Miles Municipality Plant Miles Amherst, Town 6.26 Lancaster, Village .66 Angola, Village .85 Lewiston, Town 1.15 Arcade, Town .87 Lewiston, Village .15 Arcade, Village .16 Lockport, City (1 Fran C&T) 5.98 Aurora, Town 1.90 Lockport, Town .78 Barker, Village .12 Machias, Town 0 Blasdell, Village .07 Newfane, Town 2.91 Boston, Town 1.48 Niagara Falls, City 6.25 Brant, Town .77 Niagara, Town 1.52 Cambria, Town .23 North Collins, Town .33 Cheektowaga, Town 6.13 North Collins, Village .86 Clarence, Town 10.76 North Tonawanda, City 2.99 Colden, Town .83 Orchard Park, Town 3.39 Collins, Town 1.70 Orchard Park, Village .33 Concord, Town 1.31 Pendleton, Town .82 Delevan, Village 0 Perrysburg, Town 2.24 Depew, Village 2.28 Persia, Town 0 East Aurora, Village .95 Porter, Town 5.23 Eden, Town 1.68 Sardinia, Town .90 Elma, Town 3.96 Sloan, Village 0 Evans, Town .56 Somerset, Town 0 Farnham, Village 0 Springville, Village 1.20 Freedom. Town 0 Tonawanda, City 3.97 Gowanda, Village(Catt) .22 Tonawanda, Town .49 Gowanda, Village (Erie) 0 Wales, Town 19.92 Grand Island, Town .84 West Seneca, Town 3.10 Hamburg, Town 7.44 Wheatfield, Town .85 Hamburg, Village .05 Williamsville, Village .74 Holland, Town 11.53 Wilson, Town 1.00 Kenmore, Village 0 Wilson, Village .47 Lackawanna, City .52 Yorkshire, Town .35 Lancaster, Town 2.08 Youngstown, Village .06 10. The company has previously submitted to the New York State Public Service Commission its technical plan to rebuild the system to 750 MHZ which was completed by the end of 2000. 11. (A) The applicant has previously filed with the New York State Public Service Commission its current Statement of Assessment pursuant to Section 817 of the Executive Law. (B) The applicant previously filed with the New York State Public Service Commission its current Annual Financial Report. 12. State and describe below any significant achievements and/or improvements that took place with respect to System operation during the past twelve months. _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ 13. No event or change has occurred during the past twelve months which has had, or could have a significant Impact upon applicant’s ability to provide cable television services. WHEREFORE, the applicant, Charter Communications, requests that the New York State Public Service Commission Grant this application and approve renewal of the Village of Angola Certificate of Confirmation and Franchise Renewal Agreement. Dated: June 17, 2019 K&,,I, w,/ ,,- By: Mark Meyerhofer Director, Government Affairs SPECTRUM HD CHANNEL LINEUP° Spectrum WNY Suburban | February 2019 TV PACKAGES 482 Shop Zeal 1 375 PAC-12 Network 985 Ultra Clásico 484 HSN2 376 PAC-12 Los Angeles SPECTRUM BASIC 485 Shop Zeal 3 377 PAC-12 Arizona MI PLAN LATINO 486 Shop Zeal 4 378 PAC-12 Washington (Includes Digital Music channels 488 Shop Zeal 5 379 PAC-12 Oregon (Includes Spectrum TV Basic, Latino and the following services) 489 Shop Zeal 2 380 PAC-12 Mountain View and the following services) 1 Spectrum News - Buffalo 490 Gem Shopping Net 381 PAC-12 Bay Area 23 TBS 2 WGRZ - NBC 492 Liquidation Channel 382 BTN 24 TNT 3 WNED - PBS 625 SundanceTV 392 - 399 ESPN College Extra 36 USA Network 4 WIVB - CBS 627 IFC 402 Mav TV 39 TLC 5 WBBZ - MeTV 408 Outdoor Channel 40 Discovery Channel 6 WUTV - FOX SPECTRUM TV SILVER 413 TVG 41 HISTORY 7 WKBW - ABC 417 BeIN SPORTS 42 A&E 8 WNYO - MyTV (Includes Spectrum TV Select 419 FOX Soccer Plus 43 Freeform 11 WNLO - The CW and the following channels) 443 BeIN SPORTS Español 45 Disney Channel 468 The Cowboy Channel 46 Cartoon Network 12 WNYB - TCT Digi Tier 1 15 CFTO - CTV 620 MoviePlex 48 AMC 18 WPXJ - ION 21 Fuse 621 IndiePlex 49 The Weather Channel 58 C-SPAN 22 ESPNEWS 622 RetroPlex 50 Food Network 73 C-SPAN2 47 Animal Planet 623 FLIX - E 51 HGTV 75 C-SPAN3 56 TCM 640 HDNet Movies 53 Bravo 81 Local Access 69 Golf Channel 899 Tr3s 54 E! 83 NY State Legislature 77 Cooking Channel 1554 Willow TV 55 Comedy Central 159 QVC 92 Disney XD 57 FX 176 HSN 93 Disney Junior TMC 63 Hallmark Channel 188 Jewelry TV 94 Nick Jr. 571 TMC - E 85 Hallmark Mov. & Myst. 194 EVINE 96 NFL Network 572 TMC XTRA - E 87 Investigation Discovery 1218 WPXJ - IND 97 AXS TV 93 Disney Junior 1238 CBLT - CBC 98 BBC World News STARZ 1240 WKBW - Laff 124 UP 581 Starz - E OTHER SERVICES 1241 WKBW - Escape 128 Reelz 582 Starz Edge - E 1245 WGRZ - Antenna TV 130 Nat Geo Wild 583 Starz in Black - E 650 iN DEMAND Previews 1246 WGRZ - TJN 131 Smithsonian Channel 584 Starz Kids & Fam. - E 651 HD Pay-Per-View 1250 WUTV - TBD 133 Viceland 585 Starz Cinema - E 660 iN DEMAND 1 1251 WUTV - Charge! 134 fyi, 586 Starz Comedy - E 661 iN DEMAND 2 1260 WNLO - Bounce TV 144 Fusion 700 - 722 MLB Extra Innings 1265 WNYO - Stadium 145 El Rey Network STARZ ENCORE 725 - 743 NBA League Pass 1266 WNYO - Comet 151 Heroes & Icons 602 StarzEncore - E 1400 ZTC Chinese 1275 WNED - Create 161 DIY Network 603 StarzEncore Action-E 1401 CCTV-4 1276 WNED - PBS Kids 173 OWN 604 StarzEncore Black-E 1403 Phoenix N. America 1301 P.E.G. 177 GSN 605 StarzEncore Classic-E 1404 Phoenix InfoNews 1302 Higher Ed Access 180 Discovery Life Channel 606 StarzEncore Susp-E 1422 TVB1 Cantonese 1303 Government Access 184 TV One 607 StarzEncore Wstns-E 1423 TVB2 Cantonese 1304 Local Access 185 ASPiRE TV 608 StarzEncore Fam-E 1424 TVBE Cantonese 187 Ovation 1425 TVBS Mandarin 210 i24 1450 The Filipino Channel SPECTRUM SELECT MULTICULTURAL 215 Spectrum News - NY1 CHANNELS 1452 GMA Pinoy TV (Includes Spectrum TV Basic 222 Newsmax TV 1453 GMA Life TV and the following
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