Use of Manhattan Neighborhood Network's production facilities is exclusively for the creation of non-commercial programs for cablecast on Manhattan's public access channels. Reservations for equipment and facility suites are nontransferable, and producers are expressly prohibited from seeking or accepting compensation from individuals in exchange for use of equipment or facility suites. Commercial use of the production equipment, editing suites, or the 3 camera studios, is strictly prohibited. This prohibition includes the production of all programming and the use of all equipment for freelance purposes. Violations of this policy may result in the suspension or termination of production privileges.

Producers using the production facilities may not recover costs of production in that such costs were born by MNN. It is the responsibility of the producer to inform MNN in the event of such financial compensation. Failure to do so will result in suspension of rights to use the facilities.

All productions created using MNN's equipment and facilities must contain the following credit:

Produced (in whole or in part) through the facilities of Manhattan Neighborhood Network.