Application for Renewal of Franchise Or Certificate of Confirmation
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APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF FRANCHISE OR CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION I. The exact legal name of applicant is: Suffolk Cable of Smithtown, Inc. 2. Applicant does business under the fo llowing trade name or names: Cablevision 3. Applicant's mailing address is: 1111 Stewart Avenue Bethpage, NY 11714 4. Applicant's telephone number is: (516) 803-2300 5. (A) This application is for a renewal of operating rights in the Town of Smithtown (B) Applicant serves the following additional municipalities fro m the same headend or from a di fferent headend but in the same or an adj acent county: Village of Nissequogue Village of The Branch Village of Head of the Harbor 6. The number of subscribers in each of the municipalities noted above is: Municipality Number of Subscribers Town of Smithtown 24,600 Village of Nissequogue 450 Village of The Branch 370 Village of Head of the Harbor 335 7.. The following signals are regularl y carried by the applicant's cable system (where signals are received other than by direct off-air pickup, please so indicate): See Attachment A: Public File filed with the FCC on signal reception method for the Hauppauge System that serves this municipality. 8. Applicant does [ X 1does not [ 1provide channel capacity and/or production facilities for local origination. If answer is affirmative, specify below the number of hours of locally originated programming carried by the system during the past twelve months and briefly describe the nature of the programmmg: Cablevision carries locally originated programming on a dedicated channel. This programming includes a Community Bulletin Board, as well as approximately 5 hours of new local origination programing per month. This includes: "Meet The Leaders", an interview format program with Long Island elected officials; and "Neighborhood Journal", covering LI Community Activities. 9. The current monthly rates for service in the municipality specified in Question 5 (A) are: See Attachmnent B: Residential monthly rate card and channel line-up 10. How many miles of new cable television plant were placed in operation by applicant during the past twelve months in the municipality specified in Question 5 (A)? Town of Smithtown Aerial: .08 miles Underground: .16 miles In the municipalities specified in Question 5 (B)? Village of The Branch Aerial 0.0 miles Underground: 0.0 miles Village of Head of Harbor Aerial 0.0 miles Underground 0.0 miles Village of Nissequogue Aerial .00 miles Underground .00 miles 11. State and describe below any significant achievements and/or improvements that took place with respect to system operation during the past twelve months: I. Cablevision maintains a 750 MHz fiber-coaxial hybrid system throughout the Village of Asharoken. These systems allow for the provision of Optimum TV, iO digital (digital video services), Optimum Online (internet) Optimum WiFi, Optimum Voice (telephone service) and HDTV, DVR and capabilities. This upgraded all digital system provides customers with a wide range of choice, while improving picture quality, reliability and the reduction of outages. 2. Cablevision maintains battery operated stand-by power for each system. These power supplies will keep the cable systems operating from 2 to 4 hours in the event of a power failure. 3. Cablevision maintains a 24x7 computer monitoring system to track signals, outages and response time. 12. Indicate whether applicant has previously filed with the Public Service Commission its: A. Current Statement of Assessment pursuant to Section 817 of the Executive Law? Yes [X 1 No [ 1 B. Current Annual Financial Repo11? Yes [X 1 No [ 1 13. Has any event or change occurred during the past twelve months which has had, or could have, a significant impact upon applicant's ability to provide cable television service? If so, describe below: Cablevision provides a fully digital system with iO Digital offerings, including more than 50 premium movie channels, 48 channels of commercial-free digital music and unique local services like News 12; News 12 Traffic and Weather and MSG Varsity .. There are 4000 VOD titles with a huge array of free On Demand channels, 70 free HDTV services, DVR services, iO espanol and a 12 distinct international programming packages. Cablevision also offers advanced interactive services like Optimum Autos, Optimum Homes and News 12 Interactive. NOTE: Please attach a copy of applicant's current annual performance test results per 9 NYCRR Subtitle R Section 596.5. 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