Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Eyewitness Kids News

CLIN 0001: TV Programming - Teen Kids News (Season ‘15 - ‘16) - Base Year

The Contractor shall grant the Government (AFN-BC) broadcast rights to its television programming to reproduce and distribute, provide live feeds or recorded copies of authorized programs and distribute the programming by encrypted, digitally compressed satellite transmission system (currently Cisco's PowerVu Plus (MPEG-4)) and/or by mail to authorized AFN television outlets outside the contiguous United States for their non-commercial distribution/presentation via television broadcast frequencies, encrypted, digitally compressed satellite transmission, and/or limited closed-circuit distribution systems.
Period of Performance: September 1, 2015 through August 31, 2016.

CLIN 1001: TV Programming - Teen Kids News (Season ‘16 - ‘17) - Option Year 1:

The Contractor shall grant the Government (AFN-BC) broadcast rights to its television programming to reproduce and distribute, provide live feeds or recorded copies of authorized programs and distribute the programming by encrypted, digitally compressed satellite transmission system (currently Cisco's PowerVu Plus (MPEG-4)) and/or by mail to authorized AFN television outlets outside the contiguous United States for their non-commercial distribution/presentation via television broadcast frequencies, encrypted, digitally compressed satellite transmission, and/or limited closed-circuit distribution systems.
Period of Performance: September 1, 2016 through August 31, 2017.

CLIN 2001: TV Programming - Teen Kids News (Season ‘17 - ‘18) - Option Year 2:

The Contractor shall grant the Government (AFN-BC) broadcast rights to its television programming to reproduce and distribute, provide live feeds or recorded copies of authorized programs and distribute the programming by encrypted, digitally compressed satellite transmission system (currently Cisco's PowerVu Plus (MPEG-4)) and/or by mail to authorized AFN television outlets outside the contiguous United States for their non-commercial distribution/presentation via television broadcast frequencies, encrypted, digitally compressed satellite transmission, and/or limited closed-circuit distribution systems.
Period of Performance: September 1, 2017 through August 31, 2018.

CLIN 3001: TV Programming - Teen Kids News (Season ‘18 - ‘19) - Option Year 3:

The Contractor shall grant the Government (AFN-BC) broadcast rights to its television programming to reproduce and distribute, provide live feeds or recorded copies of authorized programs and distribute the programming by encrypted, digitally compressed satellite transmission system (currently Cisco's PowerVu Plus (MPEG-4)) and/or by mail to authorized AFN television outlets outside the contiguous United States for their non-commercial distribution/presentation via television broadcast frequencies, encrypted, digitally compressed satellite transmission, and/or limited closed-circuit distribution systems.
Period of Performance: September 1, 2018 through August 31, 2019.

CLIN 4001: TV Programming - Teen Kids News (Season ‘19 - ‘20) - Option Year 4:

The Contractor shall grant the Government (AFN-BC) broadcast rights to its television programming to reproduce and distribute, provide live feeds or recorded copies of authorized programs and distribute the programming by encrypted, digitally compressed satellite transmission system (currently Cisco's PowerVu Plus (MPEG-4)) and/or by mail to authorized AFN television outlets outside the contiguous United States for their non-commercial distribution/presentation via television broadcast frequencies, encrypted, digitally compressed satellite transmission, and/or limited closed-circuit distribution systems.
Period of Performance: September 1, 2019 through August 31, 2020.