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create a "best of HD PEG channel that carries a combination of HD public, educational <br />and government programming from the existing PEG Channels). If an HD PEG channel <br />is programmed differently, Comcast would have no additional obligation to provide an <br />SD simulcast of that channel. <br />f. Comcast will make available to the Commission the ability to place PEG <br />Channel programming information on the interactive channel guide by putting the <br />Commission in contact with the electronic programing guide vendor ("EPG provider") <br />that provides the guide service. Comcast will be responsible for providing the <br />designations and instructions necessary to ensure the channels will appear on the <br />programming guide throughout the jurisdictions that are part of the Commission and the <br />costs of any necessary headend equipment associated therewith. The Commission shall <br />be responsible for providing programming information to the EPG provider and for any <br />costs charged by the EPG provider, unless Comcast is required to pay for PEG EPG costs <br />per applicable law or national commitments. As part of this Franchise, Comcast is not <br />agreeing to make detailed guide functionality available for periods where the <br />Commission chooses to distribute different PEG programming via the same channel <br />number (i.e. narrowcasting) to subscribers in different communities that are part of the <br />Commission. <br />g. Comcast will deliver the SD/HD PEG channels to Subscribers so that it is <br />viewable without degradation, provided that it is not required to deliver a PEG Channel at <br />a resolution higher than the highest resolution used in connection with the delivery of <br />local broadcast signals to the public. Comcast may implement SD/HD carriage of the <br />PEG channel in any manner (including selection of compression, utilization of IP, and <br />other processing characteristics) that produces a signal as accessible, functional, useable <br />and of a quality comparable (meaning indistinguishable to the viewer) to broadcast <br />SD/HD channels carried on the cable system. <br />h. The HD PEG channels will be assigned a number near the other high <br />definition local broadcast stations if such channel positions are not already taken, or if <br />that is not possible, near high definition news/public affairs programming channels if <br />such channel positions are not already taken, or if not possible, as reasonably close as <br />available channel numbering will allow. Grantee shall use its best efforts to group the <br />HD PEG channels together in simultaneous order. <br />i. The City acknowledges that HD programming may require the viewer to <br />have special viewer equipment (such as an HDTV and an HD -capable digital <br />device/receiver), but any subscriber who can view an HD signal delivered via the cable <br />system at a receiver shall also be able to view the HD PEG channels at that receiver, <br />without additional charges or equipment. By agreeing to make PEG available in HD <br />format, Comcast is not agreeing it may be required to provide free HD equipment to <br />customers, nor modify its equipment or pricing policies in any manner. <br />j. Comcast will provide a bill message announcing the launch of the HD <br />PEG Channels; however the City acknowledges that not all customers may receive the <br />17 <br />