Contract for a Combined Compressed Uplink and Eurobird Space Segment Service - British Telecommunications plc and Playboy TV UK Ltd.
(1) BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS plc
(2) PLAYBOY TV UK LIMITED
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CONTRACT FOR A COMBINED COMPRESSED
UPLINK AND EUROBIRD SPACE SEGMENT SERVICE
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CONTENTS
1. Definitions and Interpretation
2. Provision of the Service
3. The Charge for the Service
4. Unavailability of the Service
5. Credits
6. Suspension by BT
7. Termination by the Customer
8. Termination by BT
9. Effect of Termination
10. Use and Assignment
11. Force Majeure
12. Limitation of Liability
13. Indemnity
14. Notices
15. Confidentiality
16. Variations and Amendment
17. No Partnership
18. Severability
19. Waiver
20. Entire Agreement
21. Proper Law and Jurisdiction
22. Remote Adaptation
23. Third Party Rights
SCHEDULES
Schedule 1: The Service
Schedule 2: Charges and Other Financial Matters
Schedule 3: Fault Reporting Procedures
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THIS CONTRACT is made this 12th day of May 2003
BETWEEN
(1) BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company whose registered office
is at BT Centre, 81 Newgate Street, London, EC1A 7AJ, registered in
England No 1800000 ("BT")
AND
(2) PLAYBOY TV UK LIMITED whose registered office is at Aquis House, Station
Road, Hayes, Middlesex, UB3 4DX registered in England No. 2412178 ("the
Customer").
INTRODUCTION
A. The Customer is in the business of transmitting television and audio
services and requires facilities to enable it to transmit the said
services by means of satellite to various receive points; and
B. BT has agreed to provide the service as described in this Contract to the
Customer on the terms and conditions of this Contract.
IT IS AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
1. Definitions and Interpretation
1.1 In this Contract, unless otherwise specifically provided or required by
the context, the following expressions will have the following meanings:
Broadcast Service the material comprising video,
audio, data, multimedia, interactive
services and teletext as provided by
the Customer and delivered to the
International Gateway by the Customer
Signals;
Charge the charges as set out in Schedule 2;
Compressed Channel means a data stream derived from the
compression and multiplex system
described in Schedule 1 - Part B;
Contract the Clauses of this Contract together
with the attached Schedules;
Customer Signals the electronic signals generated by
(or on behalf of) the Customer to
deliver the Broadcast Service to BT as
described in Schedule 1;
Due Date (a) for the first month, the
Operational Service Date; and
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(b) for each succeeding month during
the Contract, the first day of the
month;
Earth Segment Facilities the facilities described in Schedule
1;
Expiry Date the date set out in Schedule 2 when
the Contract expires;
Force Majeure is defined in Clause 11;
International Gateway the BT Tower in London;
Operational Service Date or OSD the date set out in Schedule 2 on
which the Service starts;
Satellite the satellite referred to in Schedule
1;
Service means the compression and multiplexing
of the Broadcast Service and its
onward transmission via an uplink
earth terminal to the Space Segment
provided by BT and all as further
detailed in Schedule 1;
Space Segment the capacity in the Satellite as
described in Schedule 1;
Space Segment Operator the entity named in Schedule 1 or such
other entity or successor to which its
rights and obligations to provide
capacity in the Satellite and/or to
operate the Satellite may in future be
transferred or devolved;
Termination Date the date that termination is
effective;
Termination Payment the payment for early termination set
out in Clause 9;
Transmission Period the hours of transmission as defined
in Schedule 2;
Unavailability is defined in Clause 4;
Year any 12 months starting on the OSD or
any anniversary of the OSD.
1.2 Words in the singular include the plural and vice versa. Clause headings
are for the purpose of guidance only and will not affect the construction
or interpretation of this Contract.
2. Provision of the Service
2.1 BT will provide the Service to the Customer from the Operational Service
Date to the Expiry Date on the terms and conditions set out in this
Contract.
2.2 The Customer will deliver the Customer Signals to BT at the International
Gateway.
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2.3 The Customer must ensure that the Customer Signals comply with Schedule 1,
part E -Specifications and Limitations of Customer Signals, so that they
do not cause any damage, loss or interference to the Earth Segment or
Space Segment Facilities, or to other services.
2.4 The Customer is responsible for the content of the Broadcast Service, even
if the Customer is not the creator of the material comprised in such
content.
2.5 The Customer is responsible for obtaining all necessary consents from
relevant authorities in, and must observe the applicable laws of, any
country where the Broadcast Service is transmitted and/or received.
2.6 When using the Service the Customer must not use, or permit any other
person to use, the Service contrary to any applicable legislation, codes,
mandatory rules or regulations either in the UK or any other country as
applicable and, in particular, must comply, in the UK with any applicable
obligations under the Broadcasting Act 1990 and the Independent Television
Commission Codes of Practice (including any successor legislation or
codes).
2.7 Use of the Service in contravention of Clauses 2.5 or 2.6 is a breach of
Contract by the Customer. If in BT's reasonable opinion BT is potentially
exposed, to civil or criminal liability, or is likely to be exposed to an
action taken by any competent regulatory authority, BT may on giving
notice to the Customer of the breach suspend the Service under Clause 6.
2.8 BT reserves the right to interrupt the Service for necessary maintenance,
adjustments or repair. BT will, except in case of emergency, give
reasonable prior written notice to the Customer of such interruption. BT
shall ensure and procure that any such interruption shall be kept to a
minimum and shall advise the Customer of the expected duration of such
interruption.
3. The Charge for the Service
3.1 The Customer agrees to pay the Charge for the Service from the OSD until
the Expiry Date.
3.2 The Customer will pay the Charge in equal monthly instalments except for
the first and last months, which will be calculated on a pro-rata time
basis by BT.
3.3 BT will invoice the Customer not less than 30 days before the Due Date. BT
must receive payment of the monthly instalment in full (together with
payment of VAT or other taxes as appropriate) by the Due Date. BT may
charge interest upon the sum outstanding from the Due Date and suspend
Service or Terminate in accordance with the relevant provisions of this
Contract. Such interest will be at a rate of four (4) per cent per annum
above the base-lending rate from time-to-time of HSBC Bank compounded on a
monthly basis and will accrue on a daily basis.
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3.4 The Charge and any other sums payable are exclusive of United Kingdom
Value Added Tax (VAT), fees, surcharges and any other taxes. Invoices
payable under this Contract are subject to the addition of VAT, fees,
surcharges and any other taxes where appropriate.
3.5 The Customer will pay the Charge and any other sums payable under the
Contract without set off, counter claim or other deductions by the method
as set out in Schedule 2.
4. Unavailability of the Service
4.1 The parties agree to comply with the Fault Reporting Procedures as
attached at Schedule 3. The Service will be regarded as Unavailable during
the term of the Contract in the following circumstances:
4.1.1 total loss of the Service;
4.1.2 degradation of the Service below the parameters set out in Schedule
1;
4.1.3 routine testing or maintenance.
and "Unavailable" and "Unavailability" will be construed accordingly.
4.2 For the avoidance of doubt, the Service shall not be regarded as
Unavailable during any periods where the Customer Signals are unavailable
or degraded.
5. Credits
5.1 BT will allow a credit to the Customer for any period of Unavailability as
defined in Clause 4 above except where such Unavailability is due to one
or more of the following:
5.1.1 Any act or omission of, or a request by, the Customer, its
employees, agents or contractors including but not limited to
failure to deliver the Customer Signals (including the Broadcast
Service) for whatever reason; or
5.1.2 The Service is degraded due to sun outage or adverse weather
conditions.
5.2 Periods of Unavailability will be measured in minutes from the time such
Unavailability is reported to BT by the Customer or such other time if
earlier when the Unavailability becomes known to BT until the time the
Service is restored to the parameters specified in Schedule 1.
5.3 Credits will be calculated by taking the total amount of minutes as
measured in Clause 5.2 above and multiplying them by the pro rata minute
rate as defined in Schedule 2.
5.4 BT will issue a credit note for the amount as calculated in Clause 5.3
above and such credit will be applied to the applicable invoice and will
reduce the outstanding balance on the Customer's account at the date of
such issue.
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5.5 Credits are in full and final settlement of any claim arising for any
period of Unavailability.
6. Suspension by BT
6.1 BT may (without prejudice to any other right or remedy) suspend the
Service:
6.1.1 on giving the Customer seven (7) days written notice if BT does not
receive the payment of the Charge in full within 30 days of the Due
Date together with any interest due;
6.1.2 immediately by written notice if the Customer commits a substantial
breach of this Contract; or
6.1.3 immediately by written notice if any of the events which are grounds
for suspension under Clause 2.7 occur.
Suspension will continue until the grounds for suspension are removed to
BT's reasonable satisfaction or BT terminates the Contract pursuant to the
terms herein.
6.2 The Customer remains liable to pay the Charges during any period of
suspension and, for the avoidance of doubt, no credits are payable by BT
to the Customer for any such period of suspension.
7. Termination by the Customer
7.1 The Customer may terminate this Contract before the Expiry Date for
Unavailability (save for where such Unavailability is due to the reasons
given in Clause 5.1.1, 5.1.2 or an event of Force Majeure) immediately by
written notice to BT:
7.1.1 subject to Clause 7.1.2 below, where such Unavailability has
continued for a single continuous period of 15 days or sooner when
it is agreed by both parties that such Unavailability will continue
for longer than 15 days from the day it started;
7.1.2 where such Unavailability is due to a failure of the Space Segment,
the Customer may terminate this Contract only where such failure has
continued for a single continuous period of 30 days.
7.2 The Customer may terminate this Contract before the Expiry Date by written
notice to BT if BT commits a substantial breach of this Contract (other
than matters provided for in clause 7.1) and;
7.2.1 if the breach of Contract is capable of remedy, BT fails to remedy
the breach within 30 days of written notice to do so; or
7.2.2 if it is not possible to remedy the breach.
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7.3 The Customer may terminate this Contract before the Expiry Date by written
notice to BT if BT is the subject of a bankruptcy order or becomes
insolvent or makes any arrangement or composition with or assignment for
the benefit of its creditors or goes into liquidation, either voluntary
(otherwise than for reconstruction or amalgamation) or compulsory, or if a
receiver or administrator is appointed over its assets.
7.4 Upon the first anniversary of the OSD the Customer shall be entitled to
terminate the Contract without becoming liable for the Termination payment
by giving BT three (3) months prior written notice in the event that the
Customer withdraws the Broadcast Service from the UK Direct to Home
subscription market.
8. Termination by BT
8.1 BT may immediately terminate this Contract by written notice to the
Customer, giving the Customer as much notice as is reasonably practicable,
if BT receives written notification that the Space Segment Facilities have
become permanently unavailable. Upon such termination BT will advise
Customer of the availability, if any, of suitable alternative Space
Segment Facilities and will use reasonable endeavours to arrange for the
provision of suitable alternative Space Segment Facilities on terms to be
agreed negotiating in good faith. In the event of termination in
accordance with this Clause 8.1 BT shall repay any Charges paid in advance
by the Customer.
8.2 BT may (without prejudice to any other right or remedy) terminate this
Contract by giving 30 days written notice to the Customer if BT does not
receive payment of the Charges in full on the Due Date and any interest
thereon.
8.3 BT may terminate this Contract before the Expiry Date by written notice to
the Customer if the Customer commits a substantial breach of this Contract
(other than matters provided for in Clause 8.2) and:
8.3.1 if the breach of Contract is capable of remedy, the Customer fails
to remedy the breach within 30 days after receipt of written notice
to do so; or
8.3.2 if it is not possible to remedy the breach.
8.4 BT may terminate this Contract before the Expiry Date by written notice to
the Customer if the Customer is the subject of a bankruptcy order or
becomes insolvent or makes any arrangement or composition with or
assignment for the benefit of its creditors or goes into liquidation,
either voluntary (otherwise than for reconstruction or amalgamation) or
compulsory, or if a receiver or administrator is appointed over its
assets.
9. Effect of Termination
9.1 It or expiry of this Contract will be without prejudice to the rights and
liabilities of either BT or the Customer, which may accrue on or up to the
Termination Date.
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9.2 Where BT terminates this Contract under Clause 8 (other than under Clause
8.1) or where the Customer purports to terminate before the Expiry Date
(other than under Clause 7), the Customer must pay the Termination
Payment.
9.3 The Termination Payment is calculated by taking the amounts payable under
this Contract up to the Expiry Date not received by BT on or before the
Termination Date less the aggregate of all credits due to the Customer
under Clause 5 prior to the Termination Date which have not been credited
to the Customer on or before the Termination Date and discounting these
amounts payable from the original Due Dates back to the Termination Date.
The discount rate used will be the 3-month Euro Interbank offered rate
quoted by Barclays Bank plc, London, at 11 am on the last business day of
the preceding month.
9.4 The Customer must pay the Termination Payment to BT within 30 days of the
date of BT's VAT invoice.
9.5 BT may charge interest calculated in accordance with Clause 3.3 if the
Termination Payment is not paid within 30 days of the date of BT's
invoice.
9.6 If, after payment by the Customer of the Termination Payment, BT, by using
its reasonable endeavours, shall secure another customer or customers for
the same capacity as that used for the Services for any part of the period
between the Termination Date and the Expiry Date, BT will pay to the
Customer a sum equivalent to the sum it obtains from the new customer(s)
less all of BT's reasonable costs and expenses incurred in the period from
the Termination Date to the Expiry Date. For the avoidance of doubt, BT
shall not be obliged to secure such new customer(s) for the same capacity
as that used in the Service, unless BT has first contracted with customers
for all other available capacity within BT's Eurobird service available at
or after the Termination Date.
9.7 Where the Customer terminates this Contract under Clause 7 BT shall refund
to the Customer all advance payments made by the Customer in respect of
any period after the Termination Date.
10. Use and Assignment
10.1 The Customer may assign any rights or benefits under the Contract only
with the prior written consent of BT (such consent not to be unreasonably
delayed or withheld).
10.2 The Customer may permit a third party to use all or part of the Service
only with the prior written consent of BT. Such consent is not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed. Prior to permitting such third party
use, the Customer must notify BT of the proposed party's name and the
proposed extent of their use of the Service. The Customer remains
responsible for all its obligations under this Contract including use of
the Service and payment of the Charges. BT may make reasonable additional
requirements of the Customer or the third party as a condition of its
consent for such third party use. Notification to BT or BT's consent does
not imply any approval by BT of the third party or its proposed usage.
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10.3 BT may assign this Contract to a Company within the BT Group of Companies.
"Company within the BT Group of Companies" means BT or one of the
subsidiaries of BT as defined by Section 736 of the Companies Act 1985.
11. Force Majeure
11.1 If either BT or the Customer is unable to perform any obligation under
this Contract because of a matter beyond its reasonable control, including
but not limited to lightning, flood, exceptionally severe weather, fire,
explosion, war, civil disorder, industrial disputes (whether or not
involving their employees), satellite or launch failure or acts of local
or central Government or other competent authorities it will have no
liability to the other party.
11.2 The affected party must promptly give written notice to the other party on
commencement and on cessation of the Force Majeure event.
11.3 BT will pay a credit to the Customer calculated in accordance with Clause
5 for any period of Unavailability that is caused by an event of Force
Majeure.
11.4 If the Force Majeure event continues for a period of 60 days or more or
when it is agreed by both parties that such an event will continue for
longer than 60 days from the day it started either party shall have the
right to terminate this Contract without liability (save for the accrued
rights and obligations of the parties) upon giving seven (7) days written
notice to the other party.
12. Limitation of Liability
12.1 For the avoidance of doubt, BT has no obligation duty or liability in
contract, tort, for breach of statutory duty or otherwise beyond that of a
duty to exercise reasonable skill and care.
12.2 BT accepts liability under this Contract only to the extent stated in this
Clause 12, Clause 9.7 and Clause 5.
12.3 BT does not exclude or restrict liability for death or personal injury
resulting from its own negligence.
12.4 Neither party is liable to the other in contract, tort (including
negligence or breach of statutory duty) or otherwise for loss (whether
direct or indirect) of profits, business or anticipated savings, or for
any indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever;
12.5 In any event BT's liability in contract, tort (including negligence or
breach of statutory duty) or otherwise arising by reason of or in
connection with this Contract or howsoever otherwise is limited to *****
for any one incident or series of related incidents and to ***** for all
incidents in any period of 12 months.
12.6 Each provision of this Clause 12 is to be construed as a separate
limitation applying and surviving even if for any reason one or other of
the said provisions is held inapplicable or
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unreasonable in any circumstances and shall remain in force
notwithstanding termination of this Contract.
13. Indemnity
13.1 The Customer must indemnify BT against any actions, proceedings, claims or
demands for loss or damages including death or personal injury in any way
connected with this Contract brought or threatened against BT by a third
party except to the extent that BT is liable to the Customer under this
Contract.
13.2 Without prejudice to the generality of Clause 13.1 the Customer shall
indemnify BT in the event of:
13.2.1 actual or alleged libel, slander, invasion of privacy or
infringement of copyright;
13.2.2 actual or alleged infringement of intellectual property rights
arising from use of the Service with facilities or services,
apparatus or systems not provided by BT for use with the Service;
13.2.3 use of the Service contrary to the provisions of this Contract;
13.2.4 claims relating to the quality or contents of the Broadcast
Service; or
13.2.5 claims relating to any actual or alleged failure, however caused,
to meet an obligation to any person to transmit the Broadcast
Service; or
13.2.6 any actions, proceedings, claims or demands connected with the
Service which are brought or threatened against BT due to BT
acting in accordance with the instructions of the Customer.
13.3 BT will promptly notify the Customer in writing of any claim to which the
indemnity in this Clause l3 relates and will:
13.3.1 make no admission without the Customer's consent;
13.3.2 allow the Customer to conduct any proceedings or settle any claims
in each case at the expense of the Customer and must do so at BT's
written request; and
13.3.3 give to the Customer at the cost and expense of the Customer
reasonable assistance in connection with such proceedings.
14. Notices
14.1 Notices given under this Contract will be in writing and will be sent to
the address of the Customer or BT specified in Schedule 2.
14.2 All notices will be delivered by hand or sent by telex, facsimile or in
the United Kingdom, by registered post or by recorded delivery and outside
of the United Kingdom by registered airmail letter. All notices will be
deemed to have been received when delivered
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by hand or on the date on which they would be received in the normal
course of posting (if posted) when the proper answerback code or
confirmation is received by the sender if sent by telex or facsimile.
15. Confidentiality
15.1 BT and the Customer will keep in confidence any information of a
confidential nature obtained under this Contract and will not divulge it
to any person (other than their employees who need to know the information
and subject to their employer making them fully aware of and causing them
to comply with the provisions of this Clause) without the consent of the
other party.
15.2 Clause 15.1 will not apply to:
15.2.1 information in the public domain otherwise than in breach of this
Contract;
15.2.2 information in the possession of the receiving party prior to its
disclosure to them under the terms of this Contract;
15.2.3 information obtained from a third party who is free to divulge it;
15.2.4 information which is independently developed by the receiving
party without any breach of confidentiality under this Contract or
otherwise; or
15.2.5 the disclosure of information as required by a court of law or
other competent authority.
16. Variations and Amendments
16.1 No variation, amendment or change to this Contract will be effective
unless contained in a document agreed by the parties and signed by their
authorised representatives.
16.2 If the Customer wishes BT to modify the Service it must notify BT in
writing. If the proposed modification is acceptable to BT the parties will
negotiate the applicable terms and conditions in good faith.
17. No Partnership
Nothing in this Contract will give rise to any partnership between BT and
the Customer.
18. Severability
Any part of this Contract, which is determined illegal or invalid, will
not affect the legality or validity of the remainder.
19. Waiver
Any waiver by either party of a breach by the other party of any provision
of this Contract shall be limited to the particular breach and shall not
operate in any way in
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respect of any future breach, and no delay on the part of a party to act
upon a breach shall be deemed to be a waiver of that breach.
20. Entire Agreement
This Contract governs the provision of the Service to the Customer to the
exclusion of all other written or verbal representations, statements,
understandings, negotiations, proposals or agreements.
21. Proper Law and jurisdiction
This Contract shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws
of England and Wales and the parties agree to submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the English Courts.
22. Remote Adaptation
The creation supply and insertion of Conditional Access and EPG data
associated with the Broadcast Service ("Remote Adaptation") is the
responsibility of the Customer. To enable Remote Adaptation for the
Broadcast Service the Customer must enter into separate contracts with
other parties, currently British Sky Broadcasting Limited registration
number 02906991 ("BSkyB") and Sky Subscriber Services Limited registration
number 02340150 ("SSSL") for such provision. The Customer acknowledges
that BT has no liability to the Customer, BSkyB or SSSL under this
Contract for Remote Adaptation. Where damage or loss is caused to the
Broadcast Service by Remote Adaptation the Customer's obligations to BT
under this Contract are not affected.
23. Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
The Parties to this Agreement do not intend that any term of this
Agreement should be enforceable, by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of
Third Parties) Act 1999, by any person who is not a Party to this
Agreement.
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AS WITNESS these agreements the duly authorised representatives of the parties
have signed this Contract on the day and year stated on page 2 above.
Signed for and on behalf of the Customer
/s/ A. D. Wren
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Signature
A. D. Wren, Company Secretary
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Name & Title
Signed for and on behalf of BT
/s/ Peter Nicholls
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Signature
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Peter Nicholls
Product Director
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SCHEDULE 1
THE SERVICE
The Service comprises the following:
PART A : SPACE SEGMENT
Space Segment Operator Eutelsat (or such other entity or
successor to which its rights and
obligations to provide capacity in the
Satellite and to operate the Satellite
may in future be transferred or
devolved).
Satellite Eurobird (or as may be replaced from
time to time by the Space Segment
Operator).
Satellite Location 28.5(degree)E
Minimum Transponder EIRP over the 53dBW, over Zone 1.
Transmit Service Area 51dBW, over Zone 2 (see note below).
Space Segment pre-emption Status Non-preemptible
Note: The Transmit Service Area is defined by two zones -- Zone 1 and Zone 2,
each of which are defined by a list of towns/countries towards which the minimum
EIRP of the saturated transponder shall be provided for a single carrier at
transponder centre frequency. The lists of towns/countries for Zone 1 and Zone 2
are attached at Annex 2.
A downlink coverage map showing the expected EIRP contours of the Transmit
Service Area is attached at Annex 1, The coverage map is provided for the
Customer's general information and does not represent the actual Satellite
performance requirements.
The coverage map is only an estimate of such performance requirements and BT
shall not be liable for any damage or loss sustained by the Customer as a result
of the Customer's reliance on this coverage map. The coverage map does not show
the effect of satellite beam pointing errors.
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PART B : EARTH SEGMENT
The Earth Segment Facilities comprises the following:
(i) A Tandberg compression, multiplex and adaptation system. The multiplex
system shall aggregate compressed channels including the Customer's
Compressed Channel into a single multiplex stream.
(ii) a main and standby DVB/ASI compliant terrestrial link is used to transmit
the multiplex stream from the International Gateway to the BT uplink earth
terminal.
(iii) the multiplex stream is uplinked to the Space Segment Facilities via
transmit capacity in a Space Segment Operator approved uplink earth
terminal with shared redundancy facilities operating on a 1 for N basis
(where N does not exceed 8). The redundant transmit chain shall
automatically switch into service and be configured to restore a failed
transmit chain.
PART C : RADIO FREQUENCY PARAMETERS
The following radio frequency (RF) parameters apply :
Modulation Type : QPSK
Forward Error Correction : 2/3 rate
Transmitted Symbol rate : 27.5 Msym/s
Compressed Channel rate : 3.5Mbit/s which includes capacity for video, audio
channel(s), data channels (if any), teletext, Reed
Solomon coding, EPG, CA and service information
data
Number of Audio Channels : Up to four mono or two stereo audios using MPEG1
layer 2 compression
Audio Channel Data Rate : 100kb/s
Teletext : n/a
Original Network ID : 02 (Hex)
Network ID : 02 (Hex)
Transport Stream ID : [To be advised on commencement of service ]
Service ID : [To be advised on commencement of service ]
Downlink Frequency : In the range 11450.00MHz to 11700.00MHz
Downlink Polarisation : H or V
D. DEGRADATION OF SERVICE / BIT ERROR RATE
Degradation of the Service is deemed to have occurred when the bit error rate is
greater than [1 in 10(3) when monitored under clear sky conditions by means of a
TVRO with a nominal G/T of 14dB/K and an L-band satellite receiver at BT London
Teleport.
E. SPECIFICATIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF CUSTOMER SIGNALS
The Customer Signals must comply with the following Specifications:
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A.
1. VIDEO SIGNALS
Serial Digital Component Video 625 lines, 50 fields at 270Mbit/s
conforming to ITU BT-R601 and ITU BT-R656.
2. AUDIO SIGNALS
Embedded in Video Signal (as above) conforming to SMPTE 272M.
3. SIGNALS CONTAINED IN THE FIELD BLANKING INTERVAL
World Standards Format.
or
B.
A NON ENCRYPTED DVB COMPLIANT ASI TRANSPORT STREAM (REFERENCE ETR 211 AND
ASSOCIATED IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES) WHICH MAY CONSIST OF AUDIO, VIDEO AND
ASSOCIATED DATA.
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ANNEX 1
Downlink Coverage of EuroBird 1 steerable beam 1
The Customer should not rely on the information contained in this coverage map.
BT shall not be liable for any damage or loss sustained by the Customer as a
result of the Customer's reliance on this coverage map.
[MAP OMITTED]
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ANNEX 2
Table 1 to Annex 2
Transmit Service Areas
Zone 1 (53 dBW EIRP transmit)
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Whole of UK
Whole of Germany
Whole of Benelux
Whole of Switzerland
Lyon (France)
Milan (Italy)
Prague (Czech Republic)
Copenhagen (Denmark)
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Table 2 to Annex 2
Transmit Service Areas
Zone 2 (51 dBW EIRP transmit)
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Whole of Ireland
Whole of France
Whole of Austria
Whole of Slovenia
Whole of Croatia
Whole of Bosnia Herzegovina
Whole of Hungary
Whole of Slovakia
Whole of Czech Republic
Whole of Iceland
Bilbao (Spain)
Sardinia (Italy)
Rome (Italy)
Belgrad (Serbia)
Warsaw (Poland)
Oland (Sweden)
Oslo (Norway)
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SCHEDULE 2
CHARGES AND OTHER FINANCIAL MATTERS
Service OSD 14th July 2003
Service Expiry Date 13th July 2006
At Customers sole discretion, and on the
provision by Customer to BT of at least
six months written notice in advance of
the Expiry Date first above written, this
Contract may be extended, on the terms
and conditions set forth herein, for a
period of three years such that the
Expiry Date shall be 13th July 2009.
Transmission Period between the hours 20:00 and 05:30 UK
local time daily.
Charge Subject always to the abatements set
forth below ***** for each 12 months from
the OSD or anniversary of the OSD.
There shall be no charge for the period
from 14th July 2003 to 13th September
2003.
Test capacity shall be available free of
charge from 1st July 2003 to the OSD.
In the event that BT makes the facilities
for the service available to another
customer during any of those hours when
the Service is not provided to the
Customer then BT shall further abate the
charge to ***** for the first twelve
months for which payment is made.
Credits (Pro Rata Minute Rate) *****
Payment Method and Bank Account Citibank N.A.
366 Strand
London
WC2R 1HB
United Kingdom
Account Number 8060479
Swift CITIGB 2L
Address for Notices to BT Senior Business Manager
British Telecommunications plc
Broadcast Services
PP523S, South Block
London Telecom Tower
60 Cleveland Street
London WIT 4JZ
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Tel: +44 20 7432 5277
Fax: +44 20 7432 5297
Address for Notices to the Customer The Company Secretary
Playboy TV UK Limited
Aquis House
Station Road
Hayes
Middlesex
UB3 4DX
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8581 7000
Fax: +44 (0) 20 8581 4090
Customer Reference Number [To be advised on commencement of service]
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SCHEDULE 3
FAULT REPORTING PROCEDURES
The Customer will promptly report any fault to the BT Tower Customer Service
Centre on the following numbers (available 24 hours a day/7 days per week):
Telephone: 0800 671 847 (from the UK)
+44 (0) 207 432 5548 (from outside the UK)
Fax: +44 (0) 207 580 1815
(These numbers should also be used for other operational issues).
BT will log the fault and give the Customer a reference number.
Please Note: if BT has identified a fault with the Service it will log the fault
and also issue a reference number.
The parties agree that the time recorded in the Fault Reporting Log following a
fault report from either BT or the Customer is used for timing any
Unavailability of the Service.
The Customer Contact Points (for Operational/Fault Reporting purposes) are as
follows:
John Lally
Head of Technical Services
Telephone: 020 8581 7004
Fax: 020 8581 7022
09:00 - 18:00
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