EXHIBIT 10.11
CABLE AFFILIATION AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the 10th day of December 1998, by and between WINK COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a California corporation ("Wink"), whose address is 1001 Marina Village Parkway, Alameda, CA 94501 and COMCAST PROGRAMMING, a Division of COMCAST CORPORATION, a Pennsylvania corporation ("Affiliate"), whose address is 1500 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19102-2148.
1. GRANT OF LICENSE
1.1 Wink hereby grants to Affiliate the non-exclusive license to use the
Wink ITV Studio, Wink ITV Broadcast Server, and Wink ITV Response Server
versions 1.0 and 1.x (all applicable) updates (hereinafter collectively
referred to as "Wink Software") to deliver to either advanced analog
and/or digital set top boxes the Enhanced Broadcasting within its New
Haven, CT Operating Area (Launch Market), or any portion thereof, as
determined by Affiliate.
1.2 For purposes of this Agreement, the "Operating Area" of any system shall
mean, with respect to a cable television system, the geographical area
where Affiliate is authorized to construct, operate, manage or maintain
a cable television system.
1.3 Affiliate agrees to test the Wink Software on advanced analog (CFT 2200)
cable set top boxes in New Haven, CT, or any portion thereof, as
determined by Affiliate.
2. TERM
2.1 The term of this Agreement shall commence on the date of execution of
this Agreement and terminate December 31, 2001.
3. INTEGRATION
3.1 Affiliate will make commercially reasonable efforts to test Enhanced
Broadcasting in the New Haven, CT Operating Area (Launch Market), or any
portion thereof, as determined by Affiliate. For the purposes of this
Agreement, Enhanced Broadcasting consists of video originated by a
national broadcaster or a cable programming network that has been
enhanced through the use of Wink Software. It is Affiliate's intent,
subject to technical issues, to initiate such test by March 31, 1999.
3.2 Wink agrees to perform all Wink related work necessary to integrate with
advanced analog and digital cable set top boxes at no charge to
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3.3 Affiliate agrees to allow Wink to install and use Wink Response Servers
located in individual Affiliate Operating Area headends in which
Affiliate determines to deploy Wink Software, to collect, aggregate, and
route responses for national Enhanced Broadcasting applications through
Wink's Alameda Data Center. Wink shall provide relative equipment and
perform all Wink-related installation work necessary to ensure proper
operation of the Wink Software and reliable delivery of Enhanced
Broadcasting and shall provide on-going technical support for the Wink
Software through the term of the Agreement for the Launch Market(s).
Wink is responsible to maintain and repair all Wink related head-end
3.4 Wink agrees to provide weekly reporting to Affiliate of all response
traffic generated by its Wink enabled Affiliate subscribers.
4. RATES AND DEPLOYMENT
4.1 Affiliate shall have the right and option to include up to two (2)
additional 2-way Wink capable advanced analog and/or digital Operating
Areas under this Agreement as long as such Operating Areas launch prior
to or on December 31, 1999, and such Operating Areas shall each be
considered a Launch Market. Launch Market is defined as a Comcast market
that receives no license fee, installation, or integration fees for the
term of this Agreement. In the event that Comcast adds a 2nd or 3rd
market to this Agreement per the launch option above, Affiliate agrees
that such Launch Markets shall deploy WINK to all advanced analog and/or
digital households and shall be governed by the terms of this Agreement.
4.2 Affiliate understands that the Enhanced Broadcasting service is
delivered from National Broadcasters and National Cable Programming
Services (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Programmers") in the
VBI of the Programmers Video Signal. If Affiliate experiences problems
with the Enhanced Broadcasting delivery system, Affiliate will
reasonably cooperate with Wink to remedy such problems.
4.3 Wink agrees to revenue share with Affiliate on all transaction
processing fees associated with the Enhanced Broadcasting applications.
Wink agrees to share [ * ] percent of gross transaction processing
fees (including, but not limited to Purchase Transaction Fees and
Request Transaction Fees). See Schedule A.
5. PROMOTION AND RESEARCH
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* Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to certain portions of this exhibit pursuant to a request for confidential treatment filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Omitted portions have been filed with the Commission.
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5.1 Affiliate agrees to promote the initial test of the Wink service to
applicable Subscribers within the Operating Area of New Haven, CT.
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