Terms of Service
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These terms cover your use of the Astrove service, hardware, and website. By using them, you agree to what’s below.
Agreement to these terms
These Terms of Service (“Terms”) are a contract between you and Astrove ([legal entity], “Astrove”, “we”, “us”) governing your use of the Astrove service, hardware, and website. By using them, you agree to these Terms. If you accept on behalf of a business, you represent that you have authority to bind that business.
The service
Astrove installs a small pod inline between your existing streaming box and your TV. On a set schedule, the pod briefly switches the screen to a short, silent ad with a frame-perfect cut, then returns to your own content — and reports each play back to us. We may improve, change, or discontinue features over time, and we’ll give reasonable notice of material changes that affect you.
Eligibility & accounts
You must be a business able to enter a contract to use Astrove. If the service includes an account or dashboard, you’re responsible for the accuracy of your information and for keeping your credentials secure and for activity under your account.
The hardware (pod)
We provide the pod and install at no charge. The pod remains Astrove’s property — it is loaned to you, not sold. You agree to keep it powered and connected, leave it inline as installed, and not tamper with, move to another location, resell, or reverse-engineer it. If you cancel, you agree to return the pod or allow us to retrieve it. You are responsible for loss or damage caused by misuse [confirm any deposit/charge with counsel].
Venue responsibilities
You agree to use Astrove only with everyday, unencrypted streaming sources that you are permitted to use, and never with protected, encrypted, or DRM-restricted feeds. You’ll comply with the terms of your own content providers, provide adequate power and connectivity, and not interfere with the pod or the ads it plays. Astrove does not alter, copy, or rebroadcast anyone’s content.
Revenue share & payment (venues)
Venues earn a published share of revenue on ads that play on their screens (currently 20%; founding venues keep our most favorable share for as long as they stay with us). Earnings are calculated from proof-of-play records and paid [cadence, e.g. monthly] via [payments provider], subject to a minimum payout of [amount]. You’re responsible for any taxes on your earnings, and we’ll provide records to support them. [Confirm payout cadence, minimum, and tax handling with counsel.]
Advertiser terms
Campaign pricing depends on the venues, times, and volume you book, and you pay for delivery you can verify through proof-of-play. You’re responsible for your creative and for the rights to use it, and you grant Astrove a license to display it on the network. We may reject or remove ads that violate these Terms or our content standards. During our early rollout we don’t guarantee specific reach.
Acceptable content & use
Ads and venue content must be lawful and must not be infringing, deceptive, hateful, adult, or otherwise prohibited [link to a fuller acceptable-use list if needed]. You agree not to misuse the service, interfere with its operation or security, or use it to violate any law or third-party right. We may suspend or remove content or access that breaks these rules.
Intellectual property
Astrove owns the service, software, hardware designs, and brand. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the service while these Terms are in effect. Your content remains yours; advertisers’ creative remains theirs. Nothing here transfers ownership of either party’s intellectual property.
Privacy
Our handling of personal information is described in our Privacy Policy. In short: Astrove uses no cameras and no computer vision, and does not record or store the content playing on your screens.
Disclaimers
The service and hardware are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind to the extent permitted by law. While the schedule is designed to be reliable and to keep running offline, we don’t warrant that the service will be uninterrupted or error-free.
Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, neither party is liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, and Astrove’s total liability arising out of these Terms is limited to [the amounts paid to or by you in the [12] months before the claim / a fixed cap]. [Confirm the cap and any carve-outs with counsel.]
Indemnification
Each party will defend and indemnify the other against third-party claims arising from its own content, its breach of these Terms, or its violation of law — for example, an advertiser’s claim about its creative, or a venue’s claim about the source it connected. [Scope to be finalised with counsel.]
Cancellation & termination
There’s no long contract and no lock-in. Either party may end the arrangement at any time with [notice, e.g. 30 days]. On termination, ad playback stops, we arrange to retrieve the pod, we pay any earnings due, and each party’s rights to the other’s content end (subject to records we must keep). We may suspend or terminate access for breach of these Terms.
Changes to these terms
We may update these Terms as the product and the law evolve. We’ll post the new version here and update the date, and we’ll provide notice of material changes. Continuing to use the service after changes take effect means you accept them.
Governing law & disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of [governing-law jurisdiction], without regard to conflict-of-laws rules, and the parties submit to the courts of [venue] (or [arbitration terms], if used). The parties will first try to resolve any dispute informally by contacting hello@astrove.tv. [Confirm jurisdiction, venue, and whether arbitration applies with counsel.]
General
These Terms (with the Privacy Policy and any order or campaign details) are the entire agreement between us. If a provision is unenforceable, the rest stays in effect. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them in connection with a merger or sale. Our not enforcing a right isn’t a waiver, and neither party is liable for delays caused by events beyond its reasonable control.
Contact
Questions about these Terms? Email hello@astrove.tv or write to [legal entity], [postal address].
No long contract and no lock-in. You can cancel anytime, and we’ll collect the hardware we provided.