12-2022.   Definitions.For purposes of the video competition act:

      (a)   "Cable service" is defined assetforth in 47 U.S.C. § 522(6).

      (b)   "Cable operator" is defined as set forth in 47 U.S.C. § 522(5).

      (c)   "Cable system" is defined as set forth in 47 U.S.C. § 522(7).

      (d)   "Competitive video service provider" means an entity providing videoservice that is not franchised as acable operator in the state of Kansas as of the effective date of this act andis not an affiliate, successor or assign ofsuch cable operator.

      (e)   "Franchise" means an initial authorization, or renewal of anauthorization, issued by a municipality, regardless of whether theauthorization is designed as a franchise,permit, license, resolution, contract,certificate, agreement or otherwise, that authorizes the construction andoperation of a cable system.

      (f)   "Municipality" means a city or county.

      (g)   "Video programming" means programming provided by, or generallyconsidered comparable toprogramming provided by, a television broadcast station, as set forth in 47U.S.C. § 522(20).

      (h)   "Video service" means video programming services provided throughwireline facilities located atleast in part in the public rights-of-way without regard to deliverytechnology, including internet protocoltechnology. This definition does not include any video programming provided bya commercial mobile serviceprovider defined in 47 U.S.C. § 332(d).

      (i)   "Video service authorization" means the right of a video serviceprovider to offer video programmingto any subscribers anywhere in the state of Kansas.

      (j)   "Video service provider" means a cable operator or a competitive videoservice provider.

      (k)   "Video service provider fee" means the fee imposed upon video serviceproviders pursuant toK.S.A. 2009 Supp.12-2024.

      History:   L. 2006, ch. 93, § 2; July 1.