Exhibit
10.2
Portions of this
Exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential
treatment filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. The omissions have been indicated by
asterisks (“*****”), and the omitted text has been
filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
BROADCAST
FACILITIES, Inc.
SERVICES
AND FACILITIES AGREEMENT
This Agreement is made
as of April 1, 2008 and is by and between Broadcast Facilities
Inc., (“ BFI ”), a Delaware Corporation, located
at 3030 Andrita Street, Los Angeles, California 90065 and Playboy
Entertainment Group, Inc. (“ PEGI ”), a Delaware
Corporation with offices located at 2706 Media Center Dr., Los
Angeles, California 90065, and whose telephone and facsimile
numbers are (323) 276-4000 and (323) 276-4505, respectively
(“ Customer ”).
RECITALS
A. Whereas,
BFI currently leases fully protected capacity on satellite
transponders from Intelsat USA Sales Corp. (“ Intelsat
”) and has sufficient capacity thereon to resell to Customer
transponder capacity sufficient for the transmission of
Customer’s current thirteen (13) standard definition (“
SD ”) television channels (the “ SD
Channels ”) and currently sufficient for Customer’s
high definition (“ HD ”) channel(s) ***** (the
“ HD Channels ” and together with the SD
Channels, the “ Channels ”) should they be
launched by Customer in the future to cable MSOs, DTH operators and
SMATV systems in North America (collectively, the “Digital
Channel Services” ), all in accordance with the technical
specifications set forth in Exhibit A;
B. Whereas,
BFI operates the Andrita Studios, an integrated production,
post-production, network origination and satellite transmission
facility at 3030 Andrita Street in Los Angeles, California (“
Andrita ”) and BFI desires to provide to Customer the
Digital Channel Services along with certain additional services
including: (i) compression, encryption, downlinking of
Customer’s Playboy en Espanol Channel and uplinking of the SD
Channels (collectively with the Digital Channel Services and as
further specified in Section 1(a), the “ Transmission
Services ”), all in accordance with the details
and technical specifications set forth in Exhibits A
& B; (ii) network playback of all of the SD Channels (excluding
Playboy en Espanol), including Decocast services for four (4) of
the SD Channels (as further specified in Section 1(b), the “
Network Playback Services ” and, together with the
Transmission Services, the “ Origination Services
”), all in accordance with the technical specifications set
forth in Exhibit B; (iii) a dedicated radio studio (the “
Andrita Radio Studio ”), in accordance with the
technical specifications set forth in Exhibit B and as further
specified in Section 1(c); (iv) post production services that
include: one (1) dedicated Final Cut Pro editing bay and
***** dedicated Final Cut Pro edit stations (as further
specified in Section 1(d), the “ Dedicated Post Production
Services ”) in accordance with the technical
specifications set forth in Exhibit B; (v)
VOD encoding, VOD
concatenation and VOD propagation to cable headends, Telco systems
and DTH operators via CMC, inDemand, or direct delivery via hard
drive or direct digital file delivery via fiber circuits or the
internet (the “ VOD Services ”) in accordance
with the technical specifications set forth in Exhibit B, and as
further specified in Section 1(e); (vi) five (5) closed offices and
twenty-one (21) office cubes including associated services such as
parking, janitorial services, security, access to common conference
room facilities (all such services to be provided at least at the
same level and quality as they were provided as of the date hereof)
(the “ Dedicated Office Facilities ”) in
accordance with the specifications set forth in Exhibit B and as
further specified in Section 1(f); and (vii) tape vault space for
Customer’s tapes that are required for the Network Playback
Services, the Dedicated Post Production Services, the VOD Services
or the Additional Services, said tape vault to be exclusive to
Customer, managed by Customer’s employees and to only contain
active tapes (the “ Tape Vault Services
”). The Transmission Services, the Network
Playback Services, the Andrita Radio Studio, the Dedicated Post
Production Services, the VOD Services, the Dedicated Office
Facilities and the Tape Vault Services shall collectively be
referred to as the “ Dedicated BFI Services
.” In addition, BFI will have a right of first
refusal to provide Customer with physical tape duplication services
and conversion between the standards set forth on the Playboy Rate
Card, provided Customer intends to use a non-affiliated third party
for these services and provided BFI meets generally accepted
industry pricing, quality and delivery standards (the “
Duplication/Conversion Services ”), as described in
Section 1(h). In addition, Customer will have the option
to secure certain optional services, including but not limited to
encoding services other than the VOD Services, production services,
supplemental post-production services including additional Final
Cut Pro editing bays, audio suites, voice over booth(s), graphics
bay(s), digital archive services, IPTV services, Decocast services
in addition to the four (4) dedicated Decocast services provided in
the Network Playback Services, off-air compliance recording and
fiber connectivity, all as set forth in Exhibit C (collectively,
the “ Optional Services ”) and Exhibit D (the
“ Playboy Rate Card ”) and as further specified
in Section 1(i). In addition, in the event Customer
launches HD Channel(s) during the Term, BFI will provide the HD
compression, HD uplink and HD space capacity (collectively, the
“ HD Transmission Services ”), and the HD
network playback (the “ HD Network Playback Services
”) required to originate these HD Channel(s), provided BFI
has the capacity and facilities available for the HD Channel(s)
*****, all as further specified in Sections 1(j) and
1(k). In addition to the Dedicated Office Facilities,
BFI will also provide five (5) closed offices and five (5) office
cubes including associated services such as parking, janitorial
services, security, access to common conference room facilities
(all such services to be provided at least at the same level and
quality as they were provided as of the date hereof) (the “
Additional Office Facilities ”) in accordance with the
specifications set forth in Exhibit B and as further specified in
Section 1(l). The Dedicated BFI Services, the
Duplication/Conversion Services, the Optional Services, the HD
Transmission Services, the HD Network Playback Service and the
Additional Office Facilities shall collectively be referred to as
the “ Andrita Services ;” and
C. Whereas,
Customer currently operates 13 SD Channels and manipulates and
distributes the SD Channels and additional media to multiple
broadcast television platforms including but not limited to Cable
MSOs, DTH Operators, SMATV Systems, and VOD Platforms and whereas
Customer and BFI have simultaneous with the execution of this
Agreement entered into an agreement through which BFI has purchased
certain assets from
Customer or its
affiliates necessary to provide the Andrita Services and under
which Customer has committed to enter into a service agreement to
purchase the Andrita Services from BFI under the terms and
conditions contained herein during the Term of this Agreement as
defined below;
Now, therefore, in
consideration of the mutual covenants and promises contained herein
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree
as follows:
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Services and
Facilities : BFI will provide
Customer the following services and facilities from and in
BFI’s facilities at Andrita on the terms and conditions set
forth herein:
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The
Transmission Services,
in
accordance with the details and technical specifications set forth
in Exhibits A & B, using the Galaxy 23 (“ G 23
”) Transponder 5, 15 and/or 23 or such other satellite
transponder(s) and/or satellite(s) that may replace G 23
Transponder 5, 15 or 23, or their replacements due to the failure
of G 23 Transponders 5, 15 or 23 to meet technical specifications
materially equivalent to those set forth in Exhibit A (the “
BFI SD Transponders ”). The Transmission
Services will be provided for the entire Term. The
Transmission Services will initially be provided for 13 SD Channels
(including Playboy TV en Espanol). *****. The
parties acknowledge that the Channel known as Club Jenna XX.5 will
terminate at midnight EST on March 27, 2008. If during
the Term Customer commences the origination of any additional SD
Channel(s), Customer must utilize BFI for the Transmission Services
required to originate said additional Channel(s) (the “
Additional SD Channel(s) ”) and BFI will provide
Customer with the Transmission Services for the Additional SD
Channel(s) pursuant to this Agreement, provided BFI has the
capacity and facilities available for the Additional SD
Channel(s). Upon Customer’s reasonable request at
any time, BFI shall, within five (5) days, notify Customer of the
number of Additional SD Channel(s) for which BFI has the capacity
and facilities to provide Transmission Services at such
time. BFI shall be responsible for responding to any
failure of a BFI SD Transponder and/or G23, including providing all
appropriate notices to Customer. Customer and BFI shall
reasonably cooperate with each other in connection with the
response to any such failure, including technical
communications to third parties. Customer shall be
solely responsible for providing notice of any such failure to
third parties, including but not limited to Customer’s
affiliates. For all purposes of this agreement, an
“affiliate” shall mean with respect to any
“person” (which shall mean an individual, a
partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an
association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an
unincorporated organization, any other business entity or a
governmental entity (or any department, agency, or political
subdivision thereof)), any other person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified person; and for purposes of this
definition, “control,” as used with respect to any
person shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of such person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by agreement or otherwise. For purposes of
this definition, the terms “controlling,” controlled
by” and “under common control with” shall have
correlative meanings.
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The
Network Playback Services, in accordance with the details set forth
in Exhibit B, all specifically for creation, playback and
transmission of the SD Channels and data appurtenant
thereto. The Network Playback Services will be provided
for the entire Term. The Network Playback Services will
initially be provided for 12 SD Channels (not including Playboy TV
en Espanol). *****. The parties acknowledge
that the Channel known as Club Jenna XX.5 will terminate at
midnight EST on March 27, 2008. If during the Term
Customer commences the origination of any Additional SD Channel(s)
pursuant to this Agreement, Customer must utilize BFI for the
Network Playback Services required to originate said Additional SD
Channels and BFI will provide the Network Playback Services for the
Additional SD Channel(s), provided BFI has the capacity and
facilities available for the Additional SD
Channel(s). Upon Customer’s reasonable request at
any time, BFI shall, within five (5) days, notify Customer of the
number of Additional SD Channel(s) for which BFI has the capacity
and facilities to provide Network Playback Services at such
time.
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The
Andrita Radio Studio (as it is currently configured or with
improvements thereto made at BFI’s sole discretion, unless
Customer requests in writing that BFI provide additional equipment,
software and/or functionality for the Andrita Radio Studio (and
upon such a request, the parties shall negotiate in good faith
regarding additional fees and charges), in accordance with the
details set forth in Exhibit B. The Andrita Radio Studio
will be provided for the first thirty-six (36) months of the Term
(the “ Andrita Radio Studio Term
”). At Customer’s option, one hundred and
twenty (120) days prior to the end of the Andrita Radio Studio
Term, BFI and Customer will commence good faith negotiations on the
terms and conditions for an extension of the Andrita Radio Studio
Term. In the event BFI and Customer fail to reach
agreement on the terms and conditions for an extension of the
Andrita Radio Studio Term prior to the end of the Andrita Radio
Studio Term, BFI shall be free from any obligation to provide
Customer with the Andrita Radio Studio facilities after the Andrita
Radio Studio Term.
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The
Dedicated Post Production Services, in accordance with the details
set forth in Exhibit B. The Dedicated Post Production
Services will be provided for the first thirty-six (36) months of
the Term (the “ Dedicated Post Production Services
Term ”). Customer shall have the option to
extend the Dedicated Post Production Services Term on the
then-existing terms and conditions for the remainder of the Term,
provided Customer provides BFI with written notice thereof no later
than ninety (90) days prior to the end of the Dedicated Post
Production Services Term.
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The VOD
Services including VOD encoding, VOD concatenation and VOD
propagation to cable headends, Telco systems and DTH
operators *****, all in accordance with the details set forth
in Exhibit B. The VOD Services will be provided for the
Term.
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The
Dedicated Office Facilities, in accordance with the details set
forth in Exhibit B. The Dedicated Office Facilities will
be provided for the first thirty-six (36) months of the Term (the
“ Dedicated Office Facilities Term
”). Customer shall have the option to extend the
Dedicated Office Facilities Term on the then-existing terms and
conditions for the remainder of the Term, provided Customer
provides BFI with written notice thereof no later than ninety (90)
days prior to the end of the Dedicated Office Facilities
Term.
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The Tape
Vault Services, in accordance with the details set forth in Exhibit
B. The Tape Vault Services shall be provided for the
Term.
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The
Duplication/Conversion Services in accordance with the details set
forth in Exhibit B and at the rates set forth on the Playboy Rate
Card shall be provided for the Term; provided, that, if Customer is
considering performing itself (or by its affiliates) these
services, it shall notify BFI at least ***** days in
advance. If Customer is considering using a
non-affiliated third party for these services, it may do so only if
BFI is not meeting generally accepted industry pricing, quality and
delivery standards for such services. If Customer
believes that BFI is not meeting generally accepted industry
pricing, quality and delivery standards for such services, it shall
notify BFI in writing, specifying where BFI does not meet generally
accepted industry pricing, quality and delivery standards for such
services. Following its receipt of any such notice, BFI
shall have ***** to address the issues raised by Customer (or,
if new equipment is required to address the issue, such longer
period as may be reasonably required to purchase and deploy such
equipment). If, at the end of such period, Customer and
BFI agree that BFI has addressed the pricing, quality or delivery
issues, then Customer may not use a non-affiliated third party for
these services. Otherwise, Customer may use a
non-affiliated third party for these services.
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The
Optional Services, at Customer’s option and in accordance
with and subject to the details set forth in Exhibit C and the
Playboy Rate Card. Customer may elect to receive any of
the Optional Services at any time during the Term, subject to BFI
having sufficient capacity (as solely determined by BFI)
available at the time of Customer’s request to provide the
requested services. Exhibit D may be modified at any
time during the Term, upon mutual agreement of BFI and
Customer.
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The HD
Transmission Services, and in accordance with the details and
technical specifications set forth in Exhibits A and Exhibit B,
using the Galaxy 13 (“ G 13 ”) Transponder 11 or
13, or such other satellite transponder(s) and/or satellite(s) that
may replace G 13 Transponder 11 or 13 or their replacements due to
the failure of G 13 Transponder 11 or 13 to meet technical
specifications materially equivalent to those set forth in Exhibit
A (the “ BFI HD Transponder ” and together with
the BFI SD Transponders, the “ BFI Transponders
”); provided that BFI has the capacity and facilities
available to provide the HD Transmission Services as determined on
a HD Channel by HD Channel basis. The HD Transmission
Services will be provided from the date they commence for the
remainder of the Term. Customer must utilize the HD
Transmission Services for all HD Channels it launches during the
Term, *****. Upon Customer’s request at any time,
BFI shall, within five (5) days, notify Customer of the number of
HD Channels for which BFI has the capacity and facilities to
provide HD Transmission Services at such time. BFI shall
be responsible for responding to any failure of a BFI HD
Transponder and/or G13, including providing all appropriate notices
to Customer. Customer and BFI shall reasonably cooperate
with each other in connection with the response to any such
failure, including technical communications to third parties.
Customer shall be solely responsible for providing notice of
any such failure to Customer’s third parties, including but
not limited to Customer’s affiliates.
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The HD
Network Playback Services, in accordance with the details in
Exhibit B, all specifically for the creation, playback and
transmission of HD Channel(s) and data appurtenant thereto;
provided that BFI has the capacity and facilities available to
provide the HD Network Playback Services as determined on a HD
Channel by HD Channel basis. The HD Network Playback
Services will be provided from the date they commence for the
remainder of the Term. Customer must utilize the HD
Network Playback Services for all HD Channels it launches during
the Term, *****. Upon Customer’s reasonable
request at any time, BFI shall, within five (5) days, notify
Customer of the number of HD Channels for which BFI has the
capacity and facilities to provide HD Network Playback Services at
such time.
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The
Additional Office Facilities, in accordance with the details set
forth in Exhibit B. The Additional Office Facilities will be
provided for the first forty-five (45) days of the Term (the
“ Additional Office Facilities Term
”). Customer shall have the option to extend the
Additional Office Facilities Term on the then-existing terms and
conditions for the next forty-five (45) days of the Term by
providing BFI with written notice thereof.
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Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement shall
only apply to content transmitted via broadcast, cable television,
DTH, SMATV or any Telco system (e.g. Verizon, AT&T, etc.), and
shall not apply to any content that is transmitted over the
Internet or any equivalent or successor technology (including
transmission via any IP or TCP/IP protocol, or any equivalent or
successor protocols), unless said Internet transmission is
incorporated in the transmissions and/or protocol utilized by
Customer’s broadcast, cable television, DTH, SMATV, or Telco
systems.
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Customer
shall be solely responsible for the content of the Channels and the
creation and delivery of said content to BFI, and Customer shall
have the sole and exclusive right to license the reception of the
Channels. BFI shall have no rights whatsoever to the
content of the Channels except those required to perform the
Andrita Services reflected herein as directed to do so by the
Customer. BFI shall have no right to alter in any manner
the content of the Channels except as required to perform the
Andrita Services reflected herein, as directed by
Customer. Customer will be solely responsible for all
billing and collection from all persons and entities that have been
authorized to receive the Channels. BFI shall not be
entitled to any of such sums collected.
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Upon
Customer’s request with respect to specific Customer content,
BFI shall, at no cost to Customer, promptly delete such content
from all computer systems owned or controlled by BFI and, at
Customer’s option and payment of BFI’s current Playboy
Rate Card, BFI shall also provide Customer with a digital copy of
such deleted content, in a format reasonably acceptable to
BFI. In the event BFI does not have a rate card rate for
these services, Customer and BFI shall negotiate in good faith to
establish the rates for these services.
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BFI shall
only authorize or de-authorize headends (or any similar delivery
mechanism) as instructed in writing by Customer, and shall promptly
do so upon its receipt of any such instruction. BFI
shall provide Customer with a list of all Customer IRDs currently
authorized by BFI’s encryption system upon Customer’s
request.
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From time
to time during the Term, at Customer’s request, BFI shall
reasonably cooperate with Customer in connection with additional
projects involving the Andrita Services, so long as such
cooperation does not require BFI to incur any additional, non de
minimis costs. To the extent that such cooperation would
require BFI to incur any new additional, non de minimis costs, BFI
shall notify Customer and the parties shall meet to discuss whether
to alter or continue the proposed project, and any addition fees or
charges to be paid by Customer, in good faith.
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Term
. BFI shall
commence providing the Andrita Services on the date hereof (the
“ Commencement Date ”), and this Agreement shall
continue for a period of sixty (60) months from the Commencement
Date (the “ Initial Term ”). During
the Term, BFI shall provide each Andrita Service to Customer for
the period set forth in the applicable provision of Section
1. Customer shall have the option to extend the Initial
Term for an additional thirty-six (36) months on terms and
conditions that are substantially the same as the then-existing
terms and conditions (the “ Option Term
”). Customer shall provide written notice to BFI
of its intention to exercise the Option Term no later than one
hundred and twenty (120) days prior to the expiration of the
Initial Term. The “ Term ” shall
consist of the Initial Term together with the Option Term and the
Transition Period, if applicable, but in any case shall end at the
termination of this Agreement if terminated earlier pursuant to the
terms hereof.
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Fees
. As full
consideration for the Dedicated BFI Services, HD Transmission
Services and HD Network Playback Services, Customer shall pay to
BFI per month (prorated for partial months) the following amounts,
as set forth below (the “ Monthly Charges ”), as
well as any fees set forth below for Duplication/Standards
Conversion Services and/or Optional Services, as applicable
(“ Additional Charges ”).
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Subject to
Section 4(b), Customer shall remit to BFI the following
amounts:
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The
Transmission Services :
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***** per month per SD
Channel
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The
Network Playback Services :
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***** per month per SD
Channel with an annual ***** increase on each anniversary of the
Commencement Date.
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The
Andrita Radio Studio :
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***** per month with an
annual ***** increase on each anniversary of the Commencement
Date.
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The
Dedicated Post Production Services :
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***** per month for one
Final Cut Pro edit bay with an annual ***** increase on each
anniversary of the Commencement Date.
***** per month for
***** Final Cut Pro work stations with an annual ***** increase on
each anniversary of the Commencement Date.
The rates reflected in
Exhibit D with an annual ***** increase on each anniversary of the
Commencement Date.
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The
Dedicated Office Facilities :
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***** per square foot
per month with an annual ***** increase on each anniversary of the
Commencement Date.
***** per month with an
annual ***** increase on each anniversary of the Commencement
Date.
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Duplication/Conversion
Services:
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The rates reflected in
Exhibit D with an annual ***** increase on each anniversary of the
Commencement Date.
The rates reflected in
Exhibit D with an annual ***** increase on each anniversary of the
Commencement Date.
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The HD
Transmission Services:
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The prevailing rate
that BFI generally charges to third parties for substantially
equivalent HD Transmission Services at the time the Customer HD
Channel is launched. Upon
Customer’s request, BFI shall provide Customer with a list of
its then-current rates for such services.
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The HD
Network Playback Services:
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The prevailing rate
that Customer is paying for Network Playback Services for SD
Channels at the time the Customer HD Channel is
launched.
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The
Additional Office Facilities :
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***** per square foot
per month with an annual ***** increase on each anniversary of the
Commencement Date, if applicable.
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The
Monthly Charges (for the Dedicated BFI Services (other than the VOD
Services), HD Transmission Services and HD Network Playback
Services, as applicable) will be paid in advance and shall be due
no later than the first day of the month in which the applicable
Dedicated BFI Services are to be rendered (the “ Due
Date ”). As a courtesy, BFI shall send an
invoice for the Monthly Charges thirty (30) days prior to the Due
Date, provided that Customer’s failure to receive an invoice
shall not relieve Customer of its obligation to pay the Monthly
Charges by the Due Date. To the extent that any Dedicated BFI
Services (excluding the VOD Services, the Origination Services, the
HD Network Playback Services and the HD Transmission Services) are
not provided following such advance payment, Customer shall be
entitled as its sole remedy (except only payment suspension if and
as applicable under Section 12) to a credit equal to a pro rated
(per applicable Channel and per applicable other channels) portion
of the Monthly Charges for the period and with respect to such
service(s) that are not provided (in each case, which is not also
caused by any action or inaction of Customer). In the
event that Customer is entitled to suspend payments pursuant to
Section 12, below; and, if Customer so suspends, then Customer
shall not be entitled to any credit hereunder with respect to such
suspended periods; provided that, to the extent that any resumed
payment under Section 12 includes amounts paid for
such suspended periods, then Customer shall be entitled to a
credit hereunder with respect to the amounts paid for such
suspended periods.
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The
Additional Charges for the VOD Services, the
Additional Office Facilities, the Duplication/Conversion Services
and the Optional Services, as detailed in Exhibit C and Exhibit D,
shall be invoiced after the applicable services are rendered to
Customer and payment shall be due within thirty (30) days after
Customer’s receipt of the invoice, unless otherwise
specified.
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All
payments shall be made via electronic transfer to: BFI’s
account as follows:
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Incoming
Standard Domestic Wiring Instructions:
Beneficiary:
Broadcast Facilities
Inc
Same as
standard domestic wiring instructions, plus specify account
type: checking
SWIFT
Method Instructions:
Beneficiary
Customer: *****
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The
Monthly Charges and Additional Charges (as applicable) shall apply
to each month, or fraction thereof (paid on a pro-rata basis), that
the applicable Andrita Services are provided to Customer and accrue
through and include the date that any Andrita Services are
discontinued in whole or in part, as provided for
herein. Each month will be consider
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