3299. DEFINITIONS

3299 DEFINITIONS 3299.1 When used in this chapter, the terms and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed: Basic Service - the basic service tier shall, at a minimum, include all signals of domestic television broadcast stations provided to any subscriber (except a signal secondarily transmitted by satellite carrier beyond the local service area of the station, regardless of how the signal is ultimately received by the cable system) and any public, educational, and governmental programming unless the franchise requires that the programming be carried on another tier, and any additional video programming signals or service added to the basic tier by the cable operator. Office - the Office of Cable Television. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 41 DCR 1072, 1074 (March 4, 1994).