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TO: Mayor Matti Herrera Bower and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jorge M. Gonzalez, City Manager
DATE: March 12, 2010
SUBJECT: ATLANTIC BROADBAND TRANSITI N OF PUBLIC, EDUCATIONAL AND
GOVERNMENTAL CHANNELS
Attached for your perusal is a notice from Atlantic Broadband advising that effective August 1,
2010, they will begin transitioning all public, educational, and governmental ("PEG")
chann~elsnto the lowest tier of digital service.
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Mazch 8, 2010
VIA OVERNIGHT MAIL & FAX
Mr. Jorge M. Gonzalez, City Manager
City of Miami Beach
1700 Convention Center Dr.
Miami Beach, Fl. 33160
Re: Transition of PEG Channels to Digital
Dear Mr. Gonzalez:
1681 Kennedy Causeway
North Bay Village, FL 33141
305.861.8069 PHONe
305.861.9047 Fax
This letter is to give the City of Miami Beach formal notice that, effective August 1,
2010, Atlantic Broadband will be transitioning all public, educational and governmental
("PEG") channels in our Miami Beach cable system to our lowest tier of digital service.
The following channels will be affected by this transition:
76 -Miami Dade Television (MDTV)
77 -Municipal Access
78 -Cable TAP Community (CTAPC)
79 -Cable TAP Learning (CTAPC)
As you may be aware, this transition of PEG channels to our lowest tier of digital service
is expressly allowed by Florida Statute § 610.109 (6), part of the Consumer Choice Act
enacted by the Florida Legislature in 2007. The transition will not change the channel
number for these channels, nor will it impact the programming placed on the channels.
The transition of these channels is part of an overall transition of our cable television
system to a digital format, providing better picture quality and allowing us to provide
High Definition and other broadband services that our customers demand. Although
these channels will be provided in a digital format, they will remain unencrypted, so that
any Atlantic Broadband cable customer with a digital television set will be able to view
them without change to the customer's service plan. Customers who purchase any level
of digital service will also receive the channels. For the minority of customers in our
Miami Beach system who do not subscribe to a digital service or who do not have a
digital television set and who want to view the PEG channels, Atlantic Broadband will
make a converter available for $1.00 per month that will permit access to these
unencrypted digital signals.
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We will begin notifying customers of this change during the month of March, 2010, and
will continue to communicate with them about the change throughout the next several
months. We will make every effort to ensure that there is a smooth transition.
Please feel free to call me at 305-861-8069 ext.3101 if you would like to discuss this
transition further.
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Tim Waldo
Senior Vice President & General Manager