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Mr. Lee TlUleberg
Ashland Fibel" Network
20 East Main Street
Ashland, OR 97520
Re: Extension of Existing Retran$lt\iSllion Consent Agteement for KOBI- TV
Dear Mr. Tuneberg:
The purpose of this letter is to extend the retransmission consent for you.- continued carriage of KOBI- TV
for your subscribers under the same terms and conditions except as amended hel"ein.
With this extension, we reference the current Retransmission Consent Agreement entered into by Ashland
Fiber Network and KOBI-TV.
The appropriate section(s) oftha Retransmission Consent Agreement are hereby amended, effc:ctive as of
the date hereof, to prOvide that the term thereof shall continue until January 31, 2006, and shall
automatically renew every thirty days, or until a retransmission consent agreement is completed, whichever
comes ftrst. Except as amended hereby with respect to extension of the term, the Retransmisskm Consent
Agreement (as previously amended) shall remain in full force and effect.
Station may terminate this extension by sending written notice of its intent to terminate this intt~rim
agreement at least 45 days prior to the expiration.
If you have any questions regarding this extension, please feel free to contact me at (541) 779-5555.
Please acknowledge your agreement to the foregoing by signing in the space indicated below and retuming
it via fax to (541) 779-5564.
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November 30, 2005
Mr. Lee Tuneburg
Ashland Fiber Network
20 East Main Street
Ashland, OR 97520
Re: KOBI- TV's Retransmission Consent for Ashland, OR
Dear Lee:
As you are probably aware, KOBI-TV has elected retransmission consent in the above-
mentioned system that necessitates an agreement for continued carriage of the KOT!
signal.
Enclosed is a copy of the proposed agreement for your signature. We will gladly discuss
these terms with you if you so desire. Our goal is to finalize this agreement prior to year-
end. Please contact me at your earliest convenience.
Sincerely,
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Robert L. Wise
Vice-President and General Manager
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RETRANSMISSION CONSENT AGREEMENT-
This Agreement ("Agreement") is made as of ,2005, by and
between California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc. (hereinafter, "Owner"), licensee and owner of
broadcast television stations KOBI-TV, channelS, Medford, OR ("Analog Station") and KOBI-
DT, channel 15, Medford, OR (hereinafter the "Digital Station"), and Ashland Fibc~r Network
(AFN) an operator of cable television system and/or multi-channel video programming
distribution system (hereinafter "Operator"). The Analog and Digital Stations are sometimes,
herein referred to as the "Station".
WHEREAS, the Station transmits broadcast television signals in an analog ,md digital
format in Medford, Oregon;
WHEREAS, Operator directly or indirectly owns or solely manages cable television
system(s) and/or other multi-channel video programming distribution system(s) (as defined
below, the "Systems"), including those listed on Attachment A hereto and serving the franchise
or service area( s) set forth therein;
WHEREAS, Owner and Operator desire to have the analog and digital broadcast signals
of the Station retransmitted over such Systems as provided in this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements
set forth herein and other good and valuable consideration paid by Operator to Owner, the parties
agree as follows:
1. Term. The term of this Agreement shall be for a period commencing January 1,2006,
and ending December 31, 2008 ("Term").
2. Systems Def"med. For purposes of this Agreement, a "System" shall mean any cable
television system, satellite master antenna system ("SMA TV"), or other multi-channel
distribution system or facility which offers multi-channel subscription television service to
viewers at residential and/or commercial locations via closed circuit paths (whether consisting of
coaxial or fiber optic cable).
3. Retransmission Consent. At all times during the Term and pursuant to and
consistent with the terms of this Agreement, Owner hereby consents, in conformity with Section
325(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, ("Act") and the applicable Federal
Communications Commission ("FCC") rules, to the retransmission of each Station's broadcast
signal, including Program Related Material (as defined below), (i) in an NTSC fonnat ("Analog
Signal") and (ii) in a digital format compliant with all then-applicable standards approved and
adopted by the Advanced Television Systems Committee ("A TSC") ("Digital Signal") (such
Analog and Digital Signals collectively referred to herein as "Signals" or "Broadcast Signals")
by all Systems required to carry such Station pursuant to this Agreement within eaeh Station's
respective Service Area Operator acknowledges and agrees that the Station listed has timely
and lawfully notified each System in its respective DMA of its election of retransmission consent
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for the Term covered by this Agreement and that Owner and each Station have complied in every
respect with all federal, state, and local laws related or applicable to the negotiation and
execution of this Agreement.
4. Si2nal Carria2e.
a. Carriage of Entire Analog Signal. At all times during the Term and pursuant to and consistent
with the terms ofthis Agreement, Operator shall, contemporaneously with each Station's
broadcast, retransmit, at the Operator's own expense, the Analog Signal of each respective
Station over the System(s) within each Station's Service Area in accordance with the provisions
hereof without interruption, additions, insertions, alterations, or deletions, including the primary
video, accompanying audio, Program Related Material, and related material carried. in the
vertical blanking interval ("VB I") or on subcarriers. As used herein, "Program Related
Material" shall mean (i) closed-captioning data and related information, (ii) program/commercial
identification codes, (iii) program ratings information receivable by V -Chip equipped television
sets, (iv) any material necessary for the delivery or distribution of the Digital Signal, if
applicable, (v) any information or material associated with specific programming or commercial
advertisements transmitted in the Signal, (vi) any promotional data, (vii) any scheduling,
descriptive, or other data concerning or implementing any program guide or navigational device
or other program-related information or material, and (viii) the Secondary Audio Pmgram.
b. Quality of Analog Signal. Carriage of a Station's Analog Signal shall be without degradation
and shall be of no less technical quality than required by FCC rules for "must carry" stations and
at least of equal quality to all other analog signals carried by the System(s), provid(~d that, to the
extent that a System uses all commercially reasonable efforts to receive a signal ofthe applicable
Station( s) of a quality equal to that of the analog signals of all other broadcast stations carried by
such System.
c. Carriage of Digital Signal by Upgraded System. At all times during the Term and pursuant to
and consistent with the terms of this Agreement, Operator shall carry the Digital Signal of each
Station, at Operator's own expense, over each System (or node of such System) that has been
upgraded to 750 MHz or more (each such upgraded System is referred to herein as an "Upgraded
System") or, if earlier, when Operator commences carriage of the digital signal of lmy other
television station located in the same DMA of the applicable System. A Station's Digital Signal
may consist, in the Station's sole discretion, from time to time up to 19.4 megabits per second of
(i) one channel of high-definition format (as defined by the ATSC) ("HDTV") video and audio
programming (in such format, "HDTV Programming"), (ii) one channel of video and audio
programming that is not HDTV Programming. If the Operator creates a digital tier of broadcast
channels using standard definition television (SDTV) then Owner requires carriagc;:.
d. Quality of Digital Signal. Each System required to carry the Digital Signal of a Station shall
retransmit, at its own expense, such Digital Signal without interruptions, additions" insertions,
alterations, deletions, or reduction in the bit rate. The Digital Signal shall be retransmitted
without degradation, of a quality consistent with any applicable FCC rules.
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e. Digital Convergence. With the uncertainty of the time frame and guidelines related to digital
convergence and the discontinued use of the analog signal, Owner reserves the right to revisit
digital carriage when the transition to digital takes place.
5. Channel Position and Tier for Current and Each Acquired Station and Each
Current and Acquired System.
a. Analog Signals. At all times during the Term, Operator agrees to carry on each System the
Analog Signal of each Station on the channel position on which the Station is carri<;:d by that
System as of the date ofthis Agreement. The channel for each Station on each System's set top
boxes and displayed on that System's on-screen channel guide shall be the same channel on
which the Station's Analog Signal is carried pursuant to the preceding sentence.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, during any time that a System (or portion of a
System) is obligated to distribute the analog Signal hereunder, such System (or porllion of a
System) may distribute a digital version of the Analog signal so long as such digital version of
the Analog Signal and/or an analog version of the Analog signal is received by each subscriber in
such System.
b. Digital Signals. Each System which retransmits a Station's Digital Signal shall Garry the
applicable Station's Digital Signal in its original form (except as remodulated and fe-multiplexed
by Operator) on the most widely distributed digital service tier and shall take no action to prevent
such Signal from appearing, from the viewer's perspective, to be a separate channel (or, in the
case of Multiplexed Programming, from appearing, from the viewer's perspective, to be a
separate channel for each full screen video and audio programming feed) on such System. Each
Upgraded System shall comply with the then current version of A TSC standard A/65 (PSIP) and,
except where inconsistent therewith, Society of Cable Television Engineers ("SCTE") standard
DVS-097 relating to channel mapping, each to the extent that the System's technology and
set-top boxes can support such channel position standards.
6. No Insertions. Operator will not, without the Owner's prior consent, authorize the
insertion into any Station's Signals.
7. Emel1!:encv Alert System. Operator shall not interrupt any Station's Signals to transmit
Emergency Alert System ("EAS") messages, alerts, or tests over any System.
8. Copvri2hts and Trademark Licenses. It shall be Operator's obligation, not the
Owner's, to secure copyright license rights, and pay applicable copyright fees, through
individual agreements with copyright owners or through the perfection of compulsory licenses,
with respect to all programming content of the Station retransmitted by the Operator. With
respect to all programming content that the Owner has the right to grant copyright licenses for,
Owner hereby grants to Ashland Fiber Network a paid up, no cost (royalty free) copyright
license for: a) Permitted Retransmissions as provided in this Agreement; and b) advertising for
and demonstration of Permitted Retransmissions. Ashland Fiber Network acknowledges and
understands that the Owner may not have the right to grant a copyright license to l'l..shland Fiber
Network with respect to all of the programming content of the Station, and that th<;: Owner makes
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no representations as to the portion of the programming content of the Station for which the
Owner can grant a copyright license. Owner hereby also grants to AsWand Fiber Network a paid
up, no cost (royalty free) trademark, service mark, service name and/or trade name license
permitting Ashland Fiber Network to reproduce the logo of the Station for marketing and
advertising purposes. Except as provided herein AsWand Fiber Network shall not record, copy,
duplicate, retransmit and/or authorize the recording, copying, duplication or retransmission of
any portion of the Station's broadcast signal without the prior written permission of the Owner.
9. Retransmission Compensation. Operator_shall give compensation to the O.vner as
detailed in Attachment B. For this purpose a "viewing Subscriber" is defined to mean any viewing
customers authorized by the Operator to receive the Station's programming. A viewing Subscriber
may include, but shall not be limited to a single-family residence, hotel, and motel guest rooms,
private offices, and patient rooms in hospitals. For residential and commercial viewing Subscribers,
each single residential dwelling unit or commercial establishment (public and private) regardless of
the number of televisions within the unit or establishment that are authorized to receive the Station
shall be deemed to be a single viewing subscriber. For bulk-billed viewing Subscribers, the number
of viewing subscribers per account shall be determined on an equivalent billing unit basis, assuming
one hundred percent (100%) penetration. Operator shall be entitled to determine, in its reasonable
judgment, whether a particular viewing Subscriber is a residential, commercial, or bulk-billed
viewing Subscriber. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the following subscribers to the Operator's
service shall not be considered viewing Subscribers: (a) Operator and/or any of the Operator test
sites, (b) Operator's retail viewing rooms; and (c) employees of the Operator.
For calculating the Retransmission Fee, the number of viewing Subscribers as of the last day of
the previous montWy reporting period shall be added to the number of viewing Subsclribers as
of the last day of the montWy reporting period for which the Retransmission Fee is being
calculated, and that sum shall be divided by two. For example, if: (i) there are 30,000 viewing
Subscribers as of the last day of the June reporting period, (ii) 20,000 viewing subscribers as of
the last day of the May, or immediately preceding reporting period; then there would lbe 25,000
viewing Subscribers for the June reporting period (the average of the sum of number of
viewing Subscribers as of the last day of the current reporting period (30,000 + 20,000) divided
by 2. Payment hereunder shall be made to the Owner not later than forty-five days af1ter the
end of the month for which any such payment is due. With each Retransmission Fee payment
tendered to the Owner, Operator shall provide a written report verifying the number of
Subscribers for which a fee is due and is being paid. Upon thirty (30) days prior written notice
of the Owner, Operator shall provide the Owner's third-party independent auditors with copies
of relevant original entries to Operator's intemal1x>oks and records to enable the Owner to
verify the accuracy of Operator's montWy subscriber totals for each of the preceding ltwelve
(12) months which form the as is for Operator's retransmission fee payments to the Owner.
Such requests shall be limited to one (1) per year. In the event an audit states that Op~rator has
underpaid the Owner by five percent (5%) or more for the period being audited, Operator shall
reimburse the Owner for all reasonable costs incurred by the Owner in connection with the
audit as well as any fees due the Owner.
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10. Representation and Warranties. Operator holds the FCC license for the Station and is
legally qualified, empowered and able to carry out all of the material transactions contemplated
hereby. The Operator has all material authorizations necessary to operate the Cable: System and
is legally qualified, empowered and able to carry out all ofthe material transactions
contemplated hereby. Operator and Owner shall each indemnify, defend, and forever hold
harmless the other, the other's affiliated companies and entities, and their respective officers,
directors, trustees, employees, and partners against and from all liabilities, claims, (:osts,
damages, and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable counsel fees, disbursements,
and court and administrative costs) arising out of any material breach by them of any warranty,
covenant, or representation contained herein. The indemnities contained in this Section shall
survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement.
11. Taxes. Neither the Owner nor the Station shall be liable for any federal, state or local
taxes, including use, income, excise, franchise or corporate tax or for fees payable to any
franchising authorities, based upon its carriage of the Station's broadcast signal.
12. Force Maieure: Consequential Damae:es. Any delay, preemption or otht:r failure to
perform caused by factors beyond the parties' reasonable control, such as an act of God, labor
dispute, non-delivery by program suppliers, war, riot, technical breakdown, or government law,
order or regulation, shall not result in a default of this Agreement. Each party shall exercise its
reasonable efforts to cure such delays and the cause thereof, and performance under the terms of
this Agreement shall be excused for the period of time during which such factor continues. In
the event that any force majeure event continues for greater than ninety (90) days either party
may terminate this Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the
contrary, neither the Station nor Operator shall be liable to the other party for incidental,
consequential or special damages (including but not limited to, loss of profits or revenues, or
damages to or loss of personal property) in any cause of action arising out of, related to, or in
connection with a breach of this Agreement.
13. Rie:ht to Terminate. Either Owner or Operator, in addition to all other remedies that
may be available to it under this Agreement or under applicable law, may elect to terminate this
Agreement, effective at any time, and be relieved of any further liabilities and obligations
hereunder, by giving the other party written notice, if the other party has made a material
misrepresentation or has materially breached its duties or obligations hereunder and such
misrepresentation or breach is not cured within sixty (60) days of such notice.
14. Successors and Assie:ns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the suCct;:ssors and
assigns of Ashland Fiber Network and Owner, unless prohibited or restricted by law or
agreement.
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15. Specific Performance. Both Owner and Operator acknowledge and agree that each
would be damaged irreparably in the event any provision of this Agreement is not performed in
accordance with its specific terms or is otherwise breached. Accordingly, Owner and Operator
agree that the other shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breach(es) of the
provisions of this Agreement and to enforce specifically this Agreement and the tenus and
provisions hereof in any action instituted in any court of the United States or any state thereof
having jurisdiction over the parties and the matter, in addition to any other remedy to which they
may be entitled, at law or in equity.
16. No Joint Venture or Principal-A2ent Relationship: No Owner Relationship with
Subscribers. Nothing in this Agreement shall create any joint venture or principal-agent
relationship between the Station, the Owner and Ashland Fiber Network. No subscriber of
Ashland Fiber Network shall be deemed to have any direct or indirect contractual rdationship
with the Station or the Owner by virtue of the Agreement, nor shall any subscriber be deemed to
be a third party beneficiary of this Agreement. Ashland Fiber Network hereby acknowledges
that except with respect to content, Ashland Fiber Network, and not the Owner or the Station
shall be fully liable for all claims and responsible for all matters with respect to subscribers.
17. Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement
shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.
18. Confidentiality. At all times during the term of this Agreement, Ashland Fiber Network
and the Owner and its respective employees will maintain, in confidence, the existence, terms
and provisions of this Agreement, as well as all information of any kind, oral or written, acquired
or developed in any manner, from either party's files, employees, representatives or agents, or as
a direct or indirect result of either party's actions or performance under this Agreement. The
parties represent that they have not and will not reveal the same to any person not employed by
the other party, except: i) at the written request of the other party; ii) to the extent necessary to
comply with the law, the valid order of a court of competent jurisdiction or the valid order of a
governmental agency, in which event the disclosing party will notify the other party of the
information to be disclosed as soon as the necessity for such disclosure becomes known and in
advance of any disclosure, and will seek confidential treatment of such information; iii) as part of
its normal reporting procedures to its parent company, its auditors and its attorneys (and then
only to the degree necessary, and such recipients shall agree also to be so bound); and iv) to the
extent necessary to permit the performance of its obligations under this Agreement or to enforce
any right under this Agreement.
19. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed und'er and in
accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction of Oregon (excluding choice-of-Iaw provisions
thereof), subject to all applicable rules, regulations, and orders, including, without limitation,
provisions ofthe Act and regulations of the FCC.
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20. Notices. All notices, demands, requests or other communications which may be or are
required to be given, served or sent by any party to any other party pursuant to this Agreement
shall be in writing and given either personally or by deposition of the same in the United States
mail addressed to the party to be given notice at the address below, or by fax to the number
specified below. Receipt of such notice shall constitute the giving thereof. Any in~ormation
regarding notices may be changed by written notice to the other party.
To Owner:
California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc.
Attention: Bob Wise, General Manager
125 South Fir
Medford, OR 97501
Telephone: (541) 779-5555
Facsimile: (541) 779-5564
To the Operator:
Ashland Fiber Network
Attention: Lee Turnberg
20 E. Main Street
Ashland, OR 97520
Such notices or other communications shall be deemed received (a) on the date delivered or sent,
if delivered personally or sent by telecopy or telefax, (b) the day after being sent, if sent by a
reputable overnight courier service, or (c) three business days after being sent, if sent by
registered or certified mail.
21. Scope of Ae:reement and Reservation of Rie:hts. This Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement and understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof
and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous, express or implied, written or oral, agreements,
representations and conditions between the parties with respect thereto. This Agre(~ment
conveys to Ashland Fiber Network only those rights that are expressly stated. All other rights
with regard to the Specified Station's signal not specifically granted herein are reserved to the
Owner. This Agreement may only be modified or amended by a written instrument signed by
the parties.
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22. Counteroarts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts with the same effect as if the
signature on each counterpart were upon the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as ofthe date first
written above:
California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc.:
Ashland Fiber Network:
Print or Type Name:
Print or Type Name:
Signature:
Signature:
Title:
Title:
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ATTACHMENT A
This is Attachment A to the Retransmission Consent Agreement between California. Oregon
Broadcasting (hereafter "Owner"), dba KOBI- TV, and Ashland Fiber Network ("Operator")
which covers the period from January 1, 2006-December 31,2008.
SYSTEM SUBJECT TO THIS AGREEMENT
Ashland
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ATTACHMENTB
This is Attachment B to the Retransmission Consent Agreement between California Oregon
Broadcasting (hereafter "Owner"), dba KOBI- TV and Ashland Fiber Network (hereafter
"Operator") that covers the period from January 1, 2006-December 31, 2008.
PART ONE: CASH COMPENSATION
Operator will pay cash compensation to the Owner on a per viewing Subscriber basis (as defined in
Section 9 of this agreement) in an amount equal to $0.15 (fifteen cents) per month for the period
1/1/06-12/31/06; $0.16 (sixteen cents) per month for the period 1/1/07-12/31/07; $0.17 (seventeen
cents) per month for the period 1/1/08-12/31/08 for the signal of the Station.
P ART TWO: AD AVAILS
Owner shall have license to utilize eleven (11) thirty second advertising avails per week on each
of the cable channels on which local advertising is carried. These avails would be utilized to
promote locally produced programming including, but not limited to, news, information and
public service. The following provisions apply:
a) All of the spots will be run-of-schedule (ROS).
b) Owner will allow for discrepancies of up to 10% of monthly avails unless
Operator inventory is sold out (excluding sweep months).
c) During the sweep months of February, May, July and November,
Operator will guarantee insertion of spots.
d) All scheduling and insertions shall be subject to the limitations of the
insertion system used by Operator.
e) Owner will request changes in promotional avails no more than once per
week.
f) Operator will provide affidavits of performance on a monthly basis.
g) Avails will be used for the purpose of promoting local programming
including, but not limited to, news and public service.
PART THREE: NEWS
Operator will be open to discussions with Owner to incorporate local news broadcasts, news
teases, or tie-ins for local news and programming on any of Ashland Fiber Network's channels.
Any such discussions shall remain confidential.
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CERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Lee Tuneberg
Interim Manager/Finance Director, City of AsWand
AsWand Fiber Network
20 East Main Street
AsWand, Oregon 97520
Re: Retransmission Consent Election for Ashland, OR
Dear Mr. Tuneberg:
Please be advised that the undersigned licensee of television station KOBI - TV licensed to
Medford, OR has elected not to exercise the must-carry rights on your cable system created
under ~ 76.56(b) of the FCC's rules for the period beginning January 1,2006 and ending
December 31, 2008, and instead invokes its right under Section 325(b) of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended, and ~ 76.64(a) of the FCC rules to bar retransmission of its signal by
your cable system without prior express authority of the undersigned licensee.
We look forward to having the opportunity to discuss with you mutually satisfactory terms under
which our station's retransmission consent may be extended to your cable system.
Sincerely,
Robert L. Wise
General Manager, KOBI- TV
cc: Station Public Inspection File
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KaRl-TV
P.O. Box 1489, 125 S. Fir Street
Medford, OR 97501
(541) 779-5555 Office Fax (541) 779-5564 News Fax (541) 779-5018
kobi@kobi5.com
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KOTI- TV
P.O. Box 2K, 222 S. 7lh Street
Klamath Falls, OR 97601
(541) 882-2222 Fax (541) 883-7664
koti@koti2.com