A cable system authorized by this chapter shall have no less than the channel capacity, products, and services available from a system serving any similarly sized, or smaller, jurisdiction outside of the District, or a system owned and operated by the cable operator, its parents, affiliates, or subsidiaries outside of the District, except as otherwise set forth in a franchise agreement. In no event shall such system have a bandwidth of less than 750 MHZ. Nothing herein shall be construed to require a cable operator to employ any specific transmission technology.
(Aug. 21, 1982, D.C. Law 4-142, § 701; as added Oct. 9, 2002, D.C. Law 14-193, § 2(b), 49 DCR 7334.)
Structure District of Columbia Code
Subchapter II - Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment Act of 2015
Part G - Construction and Operation of the Cable System
§ 34–1257.01. Jurisdictional parity
§ 34–1257.02. Operation and construction of system; general requirements
§ 34–1257.03. Construction schedule
§ 34–1257.04. Construction of facility
§ 34–1257.05. Construction notice to the public
§ 34–1257.06. Use of cable system by the District during emergencies and disasters