Application for Renewal of Franchise Or Certificate of Confirmation
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APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF FRANCHISE OR CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION 1. The exact legal name of applicant is: Cablevision of Southern Westchester, Inc. 2. Applicant does business under the following trade name or names: Altice USA Optimum 3. Applicant's mailing address is: 1 Court Square West Long Island City, NY 11101 4. Applicant's telephone number(s) is/are: (516) 803-2300 5. (A) This application is for a renewal of operating rights in the The Village of Dobbs Ferry (8) Applicant serves the following additional municipalities from the same headend or from a different headend but in the same or an adjacent county: "See Attachment A" 6. The following signals are regularly carried by the applicant's cable system (where signals are received other than by direct off-air pickup, please so indicate): "See Attachment B" 7. Applicant does [X] does not [ ] provide 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 programming: Applicant provides local programming through News 12 Networks, the leader in hyper-local content, providing news, weather, traffic and sports exclusively to cable subscribers in the New York Metro Area through a 24/7 local news channel (commercial advertising being interspersed with regular programming), a local high school sports division, News 12 Varsity, and News 12 plus with local and national headlines, commuter updates, weather, and exclusive originals. Public Access, Government Access and Educational Access, produced by community members, including topics such as health, religion, cooking, sports, talk shows, municipal and school meetings and announcements, fill out the community programming complement of offerings. 8. The current monthly rates for service in the municipality specified in Question 5(A) are: Primary connections: Secondary connections: Pay-cable subscriptions: Commercial connections: Other: "See Attachment C" 9. 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). Aerial: 0.1 Underground: 0 In the municipalities specified in Question 5 (B) Aerial: .37 Underground 1.26 10. State and describe below any significant achievements and/or improvements that took place with respect to system operation during the past twelve months: 11. Indicate whether applicant has previously filed with the State Public Service Commission its: A. Current Statement of Assessment pursuant to Section 217 of Chapter 83? Yes [X] No [] B. Current Annual Financial Report? Yes [X] No [] 12. 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: No NOTE: Please attach a copy of applicant's current annual performance test results per 9 NYCRR Subtitle R Section 896.6. Senior Vice President, Government Affairs Date: November 26, 2019 Attachment A Municipalities ARDSLEY BRONXVILLE EASTCHESTER ELMSFORD GREENBURG HASTINGS IRVINGTON LARCHMONT MAMARONECK TOWN MAMARONECK VILLAGE NEW ROCHELLE PELHAM PELHAM MANOR RYE BROOK RYE CITY SCARSDALE TUCKAHOE WHITE PLAINS Attachment B Effective July 2019 We’re here to help. Reach us 24/7 online or on your TV: optimum.net/support: FAQs, chat, email, and more. Explore Optimum Ch. 900 and Explore Optimum en español Ch. 904: Access account information, view your bill and more. 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