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SHOWTIME® BILLIONS PROMOTION CONTEST RULES Official Rules SHOWTIME® BILLIONS PROMOTION CONTEST RULES Official Rules for Adams Catv Inc., Advanced Cable Comm. (Shurz), Allo Communications, Arkwest Communications, Algona Municipal Utilities, Allen's TV Cable Service, Inc., Alta Municipal Utilities, Americable International Inc., AMHERST COMMUNICATIONS, Anne Arundel Broadband LLC, Antietam Cable TV, Armstrong Group, Atkins Cablevision Inc., Atlantic Broadband, Atlantic Telephone Membership, B R Cablevision/Watch TV, Bailey Cable TV, Inc., Barbourville Utility Comm., Bay Country Communications, BCI Mississippi Maxxsouth, Beaver Creek Coop Telephone Co., Berkshire Cable, Bevcomm, Blue Ridge Cable TV, Braintree Electric Light Dept., Bristol Virginia Utilities, Broken Bow TV Cable, Buckeye Cablevision (Toledo), Bulk TV and Internet, Cable America Corporation, Cable One, Cable TV of East Alabama, CableCo, LLC, CableSouth Media III LLC, Cablevision of Marion Co. LLC, Cablevision Systems, CalNeva Broadband, LLC, Cameron dbaCarlyss Cablevision, Canby Telephone Association, Cannon Valley Cablevision, CAP Cable, LLC, CAS (Formerly Community Antenn, Cass Cable T.V., Inc., Catawba Services Inc (Comporium), CC Communications, Cedar Falls Utilities, Central Valley Cable TV, LLC, CenturyTel-CenturyLink, Chaparral Cable Co. Inc, Charter Communications Inc., Cherokee Communications, Choice Cable TV, Cincinnati Bell Ext. Ter. LLC, Cinergy Metronet, Citizens Mutual Telephone Coop, City Of Bardstown KY/Bardstown, City Of Coldwater CBPU, City of Ketchikan dba KPU, City of Monroe Water & Gas, City of Sumas Cable, City of Tacoma dba Click Netw., City of Unionville, Clarity Telecom, LLC, Clear Creek Communications, Client Logic, Coastal-Link Communications, Coaxial Cable TV Corp., Colo Telephone Company, Columbia Power & Water Systems, Comcast Cable Communications, CO-MO Comm Inc., Community Antenna System, Inc, Community Communications, Community Television Co Inc, ComSouth Telesys Inc., Consolidated Telecommunication, Conway Corporation, Coon Creek Telephone Co, Cooper Smith Advertising, Cox Communications, Crystal Broadband Networks, Cydcor, DIRECTV, DIRECTV – ASURION, DTC Cable, Inc., Eagle Communications, Easton Utilities, Eatel Video, LLC, Electric Power Board of Chatta, Enventis (formerly Hickory Tech), F&B Communications, Family View Cable, Fidelity Cablevision Inc., Fort Mojave Television Inc, Fort Randall Cable Systems, Frankfort Plant Board, Frontier Communications, GCI Cable, Inc., Giant Communications Inc., Glasgow Electric Plant Board, Golden Communications (Town&Co), Golden Rain Foundation, Golden West Cablevision, Grande Communications, DISH, Hargray CATV Company Inc, Hawaiian Telecom, Heart of Iowa Comms Cooperative, Hiawatha Broadband Comm., Inc., Home Town Cable TV, Hood Canal Communications, Horry Telephone Co-Op, Huntel Cablevision, Huxley Communications, Hydaburg Cable TV, ImOn Communications LLC, Innovative Cable TV, Inter- Mountain Cable, Iowa Network Services, Jackson Energy Authority, Jefferson Telephone Company, Kalona Cooperative Telephone, LaMotte Telephone Company, Liberty Communications, Inc, Liberty/OneLink, Lincolnville Communications, Litestream Holdings LLC, Lumos Network (Ntelos Media), M.C.T. Comms. (TDS/BAJA/Bend), Madison Communications, Mahaska Communications Group, Massillon Cable TV, Mechanicsville Cablevision, Mediacom Communications, MTCO Communications, Inc., Metaverse Mod Squad, MH Telecom, Midco, Mid-Rivers/ Cable & Communications, Millennium Telcom dbaOneSource, Morris Broadband LLC, Muscatine Power & Water, National Programming Service, New Knoxville Telephone, New Wave Comms/Telecomms., Nex-Tech, Inc., Nittany Media Inc, Northland Cable Prop 8 LLP, Northland Cable Television, North Dakota Telephone Company (NDTC), North State Communications, Norwood Light Dept., Omni III Cable TV Inc, OpenBand Multimedia, Optimum, Orbitel Communications, Overstreet Associates, Ozarks Go, Paul Bunyan Telephone Co-op, Phonoscope, Ltd., Pioneer Communications, Pioneer Telephone Cooperative, PVT Networks, Quality Cablevision, R & R Cable Company, Rainier Connect, Inc DBA Rain, RCN Telecom Services, Inc., Reinbeck Municipal Telecommunications Utility, Reserve Telecommunications, Rio Virgin Telephone Co dba Re, Ritter Cable Corp, Robertson Marketing Group, RTC - Reservation Telephone Cooperative, Russell Municipal Cable, San Bruno Municipal Cable, Sandhill Telephone Cooperative, Santel Communications, Satcom, Satview Broadband, Savage Communications, Scatui Cablevision-San Carlos, Semo Communications, Service Electric Cable TV Inc., Service Electric Cablevision, Service Electric Company, Shenandoah Cable Television Co, Sjoberg's, Inc., Skyline/Skybest Communications, Smithville Telecom, South Slope Cooperative Tel, Southern Cable Communications, Southern Kansas Telephone, Spencer Municipal Utilities, Star Quest Wireless, Starvision Inc., Startek Inc, Straight Forward of Wisconsin, Suddenlink Communications, Summit Broadband Inc., SureWest TeleVideo, Sweetwater Cable TV Co., TDS Telecom, Tekstar Cablevision Inc-Arvig, Telco Television Corporation, TeleGuam Holdings, LLC, Telestar, Teleview Inc. (Alltel-Windstr), The Charlton Group, The Community Agency, Thomasville Utilities, Time Warner, Time Warner Cable T-Mobile, Touchet Valley Television, TrioTel Communications, TruVista Communications, TV Service, Inc., USA Companies DBA USA Digital, Valparaiso Communication Sys, Veracity Networks (Broadweave), Vermont Telephone Co., Inc., Vernon Communications Coop, Vision Communications, Volcano Vision, Vyve Broadband A, LLC, Vyve Broadband J, LLC, Wabash Independent Networks, Wave Broadband, WesTel Systems, Western Wisconsin Comm Coop, Whidbey Telecom, Wide Open West, LLC, Windbreak Cable, Wyandotte Municipal Service, XIT Telecommunication & Tech, Zito Media, 1. Eligibility: The SHOWTIME® BILLIONS Promotion for the aforementioned distributors is open only to employees of the distributors who are approved for participation by their management and Showtime Networks Inc. (“SNI”). Recipients of prizes must be actively employed by the listed distributors or their affiliates, be in good employee standing at time of notification and receipt of prize and be 18 years of age or older. If not, they forfeit their right to a prize. Prizing will be forfeited if is no longer actively employed with a listed distributor and has not redeemed prizing. 2. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. 3. Program Period: This program begins on March 29, 2019 and ends on April 30, 2019. 4. Program Description: A participating Customer Service Employee (“CSE”) will first complete the print activity and be directed to the digital activity on Shopromos.com where they will have the option to choose between THE CHI or BILLIONS activity. If CSEs do not receive the printed activity, they will have the ability to download a PDF version from the digital extension’s landing page. Upon completing the digital activity, he or she will submit the activity along with his or her name, e-mail address, call center city and state, and the name and e-mail address of his or her supervisor via an online form. CSE must complete the digital activity if he or she would like to participate in the promotion and receive entry into the giveaway. When the CSE has completed the digital activity, he or she will be entered into both the runner-up prize drawing and the grand prize drawing. Limit one (1) qualified entry per person for the promotion. SNI is not responsible for any lost or misdirected entries. All entries become the property of SNI and will not be returned. 5. Prizes: Seventy-five (75) CSEs who have fully complied with these rules, have completed the digital activity and have submitted the online entry form will be randomly selected by Renegade to receive a Grand Prize of a one hundred-dollar ($100) eGift Card. In addition, five- hundred (500) CSEs who have fully complied with these rules, have completed the digital activity will be randomly selected by Renegade to receive a runner-up prize of a twenty-five dollar ($25) eGift Card. Prizes are non- transferable and no substitutions are permitted, although SNI reserves the right to award a prize of equal or greater value in the event that the designated prize is not available at the time of the award. A list of winners of the eGift Cards will be provided to SNI that includes the winners’ contact information. Each winner will be notified by e-mail by SNI to verify eligibility, and the digital eGift Cards will be delivered to the winner’s e-mail address by SNI. All taxes, if any, on the prize are the sole responsibility of the winner. ANY PRIZE AWARDED WILL BE ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY FROM SNI OR RENEGADE OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY. SNI may be required to report the value of the prize won to the Internal Revenue Service and, therefore, the prize winner will be required to submit a completed, signed IRS Form W-9 to SNI before a prize is delivered. 6. Determination of winner: Winners of the eGift Cards will be selected in a random drawing from among those entrants who have completed the digital activity. The random drawing will occur at the end of the program period shortly after April 26, 2019. Five hundred (500) CSEs will be selected to receive a twenty-five-dollar ($25.00) eGift Card and seventy-five(75) CSEs will be selected to receive a grand prize of a one hundred dollar ($100.00) eGift Card. Winners will be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility
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