TELEVISION LICENSE AGREEMENT STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. LICENSE
Subject to the payment of the License Fees specified and performance
by Licensee of all of its other obligations hereunder, Licensor
grants to Licensee and Licensee accepts a limited license to telecast
only from the originating transmitter and antenna of the Licensee
the listed Programs only during the period of time and only for
the maximum number of exhibitions specified in the Television License
Agreement. The Term for each Program will end on the earlier of
the termination of the Term specified in the Television License
Agreement or the date of Licensee's last licensed telecast.
2. COMPENSATION TERMS
Licensee will pay the amounts specified at the times specified
for each Program in the Television License Agreement without offset,
claims or deductions, whether or not Licensee shall have actually
telecast the Programs. If all licensed telecasts are taken prior
to completion of the payment specified in the Television License
Agreement, the entire then unpaid balance will immediately become
due and payable. Any payment not made within 30 days of its due
date will bear interest at the then current highest legal contract
rate applicable to this Agreement, retroactive to the due date.
3. USAGE REPORTS
Licensee will notify Licensor within ten days after the end
of each month regarding the title and dates of telecast of each
Program telecast during the preceding month.
4. DELIVERY AND RETURN OF MATERIALS
a. Licensor will deliver materials for the Programs as specified
in the Television License Agreement. Licensor will notify Licensee
of the method of delivery promptly after Licensor receives notice
of a scheduled telecast date. LICENSOR REQUIRES AT LEAST 30 DAYS
PRIOR NOTICE OF THE SCHEDULED TELECAST DATE OF ANY PROGRAM. IF LESS
THAN 30 DAYS NOTICE IS GIVEN, LICENSOR WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
LATE DELIVERY. Licensor's delivery will be complete when Licensor
has either physically delivered the Program to Licensee or its agent,
or has given the Program to Licensor's carrier (f.o.b.) at its place
of shipment. All costs of delivery will be paid by Licensee. If
requested, Licensee shall return the materials to Licensor or to
such place as Licensor may designate within 48 hours after Licensee's
last telecast of the Program, Sundays and Holidays excluded. Materials
must be returned in the same condition as received, reasonable wear
and tear for licensed purposes accepted, in the containers in which
the Program was delivered. If Licensee does not return any materials
upon request for any reason, then Licensee will pay Licensor their
actual replacement cost. If any materials are alleged to be lost
or destroyed, Licensee will furnish Licensor with a certificate
of destruction.
b. If materials are delivered to Licensee by satellite transmission
Licensor will be responsible for all "uplinking" transmission costs,
and Licensee will be responsible for arranging to receive the satellite
transmission and for all "downlinking" reception costs.
c. Licensee may not copy or allow others to copy any Program except
to permit an authorized telecast. All materials which Licensee produces
for the telecast of any Program will become the property of Licensor.
At the end of the Term Licensee shall either furnish Licensor with
a certificate of erasure or ship the materials to the location designated
by Licensor.
5. EXAMINATION OF MATERIALS
Licensee will examine all materials immediately after their
receipt. If any are unsuitable for telecast, Licensee will immediately
notify Licensor who will then furnish suitable replacements. Materials
will be deemed suitable unless Licensor receives notice of defect
within 3 business days following Licensee's receipt of materials.
6. RESTRICTIONS ON ALTERATION
Each Program shall be telecast in its entirety in a single continuous
time period interrupted only by commercial, public service and station
break announcements. Licensee may make such minor cuts as are necessary
to conform to time segment requirements but under no circumstances
shall Licensee delete or reposition the copyright notice or the
credits and billings incorporated in the Programs as delivered by
Licensor. Editing in excess of 5 minutes per hour of Program content
must be approved by Licensor. Licensee may insert commercials in
the Programs at it own expense but no such commercial insertion
or minor cut shall adversely affect the artistic or pictorial quality.
All commercials inserted by Licensee must be removed without damage
before the Programs are returned.
7. ADVERTISING AND BILLING
Licensee will comply with Licensor's billing requirements for
each Program. Licensee will not use the name or likeness of any
actor, writer, director, producer or other talent connected with
the Program in any manner which could constitute an endorsement
of any product or service or in connection with any commercial tie-in.
8. MUSIC
Licensor represents and warrants that the non-dramatic television
performing rights in the music contained in each Program are:
a. Controlled by BMI, ASCAP, SESAC, or other performing rights
society having authority over Licensee's telecast of the Program;
or
b. In the public domain; or
c. Controlled by Licensor to the extent necessary to permit Licensee's
telecast of each Program. With regard to music in category a., Licensee
will obtain, at its own expense, any licenses required to telecast
or perform any such music. Upon request Licensor will furnish Licensee
with available music cue sheets for any licensed Program.
9. COVENANTS OF LICENSEE
Licensee covenants and warrants that it will not telecast any
Program except over the facility of the Licensee and will not telecast
the Program beyond the end of the Term or in excess of the maximum
number of telecasts specified in the Television License Agreement.
Licensee is prohibited from authorizing telecast or exhibition of
any Program by any other party or over any other facilities including
without limitation additional stations, boosters, community antennae,
satellite, translator, relay, network, simultaneous transmission
or otherwise.
10. SUSPENSION AND WITHDRAWAL
a. Licensor may, in its absolute discretion, suspend delivery
or telecast of any Program or withdraw any Program: (i) if Licensor
determines that its telecast might infringe the rights of others,
violate any law, or subject Licensor to any liability; (ii) if Licensor
determines that its materials are unsuitable for making telecast
quality tapes; or (iii) due to Force Majeure, as defined in paragraph
10(d).
b. In the event a suspension continues for more than 6 consecutive
months, either party may terminate this Agreement with respect to
the suspended Program by giving the other party 10 days written
notice. The Term with respect to any suspended Program will be extended
for the length of each suspension. Licensee will not be entitled
to claim damages for any suspension.
c. In the event any Program is withdrawn or this Agreement is
terminated with respect to a Program after a suspension period,
Licensor may either substitute a mutually satisfactory Program of
comparable quality or credit or refund as the case may be an equitable
proportion of the License Fee by reducing by the ratio that the
number of remaining telecasts of the Program bears to the total
number of telecasts for all Programs covered by this Agreement.
A Program shall be deemed to have been telecast for refund or credit
purposes, one time for each year during which Licensee had, but
did not exercise, the right to telecast such Program.
d. "Force Majeure" means any act of God, strike, labor dispute,
fire, flood, judgment, adverse claim, failure to timely perform
by any laboratory or supplier, delay or lack of transportation,
embargo, riot, war, or any other cause beyond the reasonable control
of Licensor.
11. TAXES
Licensee will pay all taxes (including without limitation sales,
use, VAT and remittance), duties, and any other charges, including
interest and penalties, now or later imposed on or resulting from
the license, rental, delivery, telecast, possession or use by Licensee
of any Program.
12. DEFAULT BY LICENSEE
If Licensee fails to make payment of the License Fees or any
part thereof when due, breaches any provision of this Agreement,
or is adjudicated bankrupt or becomes insolvent or makes an assignment
for the benefit of creditors, or a receiver, liquidator or trustee
is appointed for its affairs, or if Licensee attempts to make any
assignment, transfer or sublicense of this Agreement without Licensor's
consent as provided in paragraph 15, or if the television station
under whose facilities Licensee is exhibiting the Programs suspends
or terminates its operation for any reason, then Licensor may in
addition to all other remedies which it may have, terminate this
Agreement by written notice to Licensee in which event the entire
unpaid balance of the License Fees for all of the Programs shall
immediately become due and payable together with interest from the
due date at the highest legal contract rate plus reasonable attorneys'
fees incurred as a result of any of the foregoing.
13. LICENSOR'S WARRANTIES
a. Licensor represents and warrants that it has the right to
grant this license and that no exercise of rights granted to Licensee
in any Program will (i) infringe any third party's copyright, trademark
or other property right, or (ii) defame, violate any right of privacy
or infringe any personal right of any third party. Licensor shall
not be liable for damages for breach of any warranty herein unless
given prompt written notice and details thereof by Licensee as well
as full control of defense and/or settlement of such claim, including
the right to engage its own counsel. Licensor shall not be liable
for loss of profits or consequential damages. Licensee agrees to
cooperate fully with Licensor in defense or settlement of any such
claim.
b. Licensor will advise Licensee of information of which it has
actual knowledge, concerning any matter included in the Program
for which any money, service or other valuable consideration was
paid or accepted. This shall not include property or services furnished
without charge, or at a nominal charge for use in the Program.
14. INDEMNITIES
a. Licensor will indemnify and hold harmless Licensee, its officers,
directors, employees and agents against all claims, costs and expenses,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, due to Licensor's breach of
any of its representations or warranties.
b. Licensee will indemnify and hold harmless Licensor, its officers,
directors, employees and agents against all claims, costs and expenses,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, due to Licensee's failure
to abide by any restriction on the exercise of any rights granted
and for any breach of any of Licensee's representations or warranties
contained in this Agreement.
15. ASSIGNMENT
a. This Agreement is personal to Licensee and Licensee may not
assign, transfer or sublicense this Agreement without Licensor's
prior written consent. An assignment or transfer of a controlling
interest in Licensee's capital stock or other evidence of ownership
will require Licensor's consent. Licensor's consent to such assignment,
will not relieve Licensee of any of its obligations hereunder.
b. Licensor may assign, transfer or sublicense any of its rights
under this Agreement, but no such assignment, transfer or sublicense
will relieve Licensor of its obligations hereunder.
16. CLOSED CAPTIONED VERSIONS
Licensee may make a closed-captioned version of the Program
for the benefit of the hearing impaired and such version may be
used for any or all permitted exhibitions. Licensor shall be given
access to the master copy of such version for the purpose of making
reproductions, at Licensor's own cost and expense, and subject to
reimbursement of fifty percent (50%) of Licensee's documented third
party costs in creation of a closed-captioned version. Licensor
may exploit such copies in locations other than in the Territory
during the Term and in the Territory in all media except those in
which Licensee holds exclusive rights, without obligation to Licensee.
Upon expiration or termination of the Term and subject to the above
reimbursement: (i) the master of such closed-captioned version shall
be promptly dispatched to Licensor; and (ii) all right, title and
interest in such version shall automatically be transferred to and
become the property of Licensor, including, without limitation,
all rights under copyright, and all extensions and renewals thereof,
throughout the world.
17. PROMOTIONAL RIGHTS
Licensor shall further grant Licensee the following rights in
all media (including on-line promotional rights, as available and
subject to the BBC Multimedia Guidelines, attached hereto as Exhibit
A and incorporated by reference into this Agreement) solely in connection
with promotion, advertising and publicity of the Program, during
the Term: (i) the right to use up to 1 minute of excerpts per 30
minutes of Program content, but no more than 10 minutes of excerpts
in the aggregate (of which no more than 4 1/2 minutes may contain
music); (ii) the right to use the names, but not the logotypes,
of the BBC and Licensor; (iii) the right to use the promotional
materials supplied by Licensor, except as indicated otherwise. (iv)
Any other use of such materials by Licensee is strictly prohibited
unless written permission is granted by the BBC or Licensor, as
the case may be.
18. COPYRIGHT RETRANSMISSION ROYALTIES
Any royalties or fees which become payable to or shall be received
by Licensee by virtue of any statute, governmental regulation or
by operation of law in any other manner, as the result of a retransmission
of the Program by any booster station, translator, repeater, satellite,
cable television system, relay broadcast, network simultaneous transmission
or otherwise, shall belong to Licensor and, if received by Licensee,
shall be promptly paid over to Licensor. At the request of Licensor,
Licensee shall make available to Licensor logs of the exhibitions
of the Program by Licensee.
19. GENERAL
a. Licensor reserves any and all rights not expressly licensed
hereunder.
b. A waiver by either party of any of the terms or conditions
of this Agreement shall not be deemed or construed to be a waiver
of such term or condition for the future, or of any subsequent breach
thereof.
c. All notices, statements, or other documents required to be
given hereunder shall be given in writing either by personal delivery
or certified mail at the respective addresses of the parties set
forth herein, or such other address as may be designated in writing
by either party.
d. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of
New York, the parties submit to the jurisdiction of the courts in
New York as appropriate forums for settling disputes and consent
to the service of process by certified mail.
e. The Television License Agreement (which incorporates by reference
the Standard Terms and Conditions, and BBC Multimedia Guidelines
for Online Usage, which are accessible at http://www.bbcprograms.com
or available upon request) represents the entire understanding of
the parties regarding its subject matter and supersedes all previous
written or oral understanding or representations between the parties.
f. In resolving any dispute or construing any provision hereunder,
there shall be no presumptions made or inferences drawn either because
the attorneys for one of the parties drafted the Television License
Agreement, because of the drafting history of the Television License
Agreement, or because of the inclusion of a provision not contained
in a prior draft or the deletion of a provision contained in a prior
draft.
g. Nothing in the Television License Agreement shall be deemed
to constitute a partnership between Licensor and Licensee in respect
of the Program or otherwise, and neither party shall make any representations
to the contrary.
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