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3video service providers in the United States as determined by data collected and
4reported by the FCC or by information available to the public through a national
5trade association representing cable operators, or has a parent corporation that is
6one of the largest video service providers in the United States as measured by the
7total number of video service subscribers nationally.".
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3"(d)
Duties of interim cable providers and video service providers. 1. If a
4municipality requires an interim cable operator or video service provider to provide
5capacity for PEG channels under par. (a), the interim cable operator or video service
6provider shall be required to provide transmission capacity sufficient to connect the
7interim cable operator's or video service provider's headend or video hub office to the
8municipality's PEG access channel origination points existing as of the effective date
9of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date]. A municipality shall permit the interim
10cable operator or video service provider to determine the most economically and
11technologically efficient means of providing such transmission capacity. If a
12municipality requests that such a PEG access channel origination point be relocated,
13the interim cable operator or video service provider shall be required to provide only
14the first 200 feet of transmission line that is necessary to connect the interim cable
15operator or video service provider's headend or video hub office to such origination
16point. A municipality shall be liable for the costs of construction of such a
17transmission line beyond the first 200 feet and for any construction costs associated
18with additional origination points, but not for the costs associated with the
19transmission of PEG programming over such line. The interim cable operator or
20video service provider may recover its costs to provide transmission capacity under
21this subdivision by identifying and collecting a "PEG Transport Fee" as a separate
22line item on customer bills.".