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76 <br /> <br />research or otherwise statistically supports creation of"a la carte" packages other than as a <br />means of evading rate regulation. <br /> <br />3. A subscriber is free to select which channels will be included in the <br /> package. <br /> <br /> A subscriber may select the channels they wish to include in the service they receive <br />from Adelphia. However, Adelphia has created a "CableValue" package and a "CablePlus" <br />package ora la carte channels which result in lower overall monthly rates for the channels <br />included in those packages. Subscribers are unable to choose which channels to be included <br />in the CableValue package or the CablePlus package. When reviewing the number of <br />subscribers which take advantage of selecting channels individually as opposed to purchasing <br />the packages offered by Adelphia, in no case do more than 33 subscribers select a given "a la <br />carte" programming service which was formerly part of a regulated tier of service. Rather, <br />24,117 system wide customers subscribe to the CableValue package and 17,742 system wide <br />customers subscribe to the CablePlus package. <br /> <br />Subscribers are given notice that fully discloses their options, as <br />well as fully discloses the total price (including related equipment <br />charges) associated with exercising any of these options. <br /> <br /> Adelphia has provided customer service information to all subscribers identifying the <br />services available on the cable system and their associated prices. This customer service <br />information appears o disclose subscriber options and the total price associated with <br />exercising any option. <br /> <br />5. An insignificant percentage or number of channels in the package <br /> has been removed from the regulated tiers. <br /> <br /> Adelphia has completely eliminated two tiers of service which were available on April <br />1, 1993 and has classified alt 31 channels formerly on those two tiers of service as "a la carte" <br />channels. In addition, the rates charged by Adelphia for their "a la carte" packages <br />(CableValue and CablePlus) closely resemble the rates charged for those services when they <br />were classified as regulated sera'ice tiers prior to April 1, 1993: For example, a la carte <br />package known as CableValue is currently priced at $16:45 whereas the former "Economy <br />Service" tier present on April 1, 1993 was priced at $16.95, Likewise, the a la carte package <br />known as CablePlus currently is priced at $21.45 whereas the former "Standard of Servicer' <br />tier present on April 1, 1993 was priced a t $21:95. <br /> <br /> The City hereby renders the below Findings of Fact regarding the ten (10) factors <br />outlined by the FCC which weight against allowing unregulated treatment of collective <br />offerings of"a la carte" channels. <br /> <br />The introduction of the "a la carte" package results in avoiding <br />rate reductions that otherwise would have been required under the <br />FCC's rules. <br /> <br /> This is impossible for the City to determine since the City is unable to access all of the <br />necessary information required to run calculations utilizing FCC Form 1200. <br /> <br />2. A significant percentage or number of channels in the package <br /> were removed from regulated tiers. <br /> <br /> Adelphia's Form 1215 submission specifies that 31 channels formerly carded on two <br />separate regulated tiers of service on April 1, 1993, have been removed and classified as "a la <br />carte" channels. Therefore, 100% of the a la carte channels other than premium channels <br />were removed from regulated tiers. <br /> <br />3. The package price is so deeply discounted when compared to the <br /> price of an individual channel or the sum of the prices of the <br /> <br /> <br />