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C. The Franchise granted herein is for a term of fifteen (15) years from the effective <br /> date, of this Franchise,which shall be the date of acceptance by the Grantee of the <br /> Franchise terms, and conditions as set forth in Section 39. <br /> Section 2. Definitions <br /> For the purposes of this Franchise, the following terms, phrases, words, and abbreviations shall <br /> have the following meanings. Words used in the present tense include the future tense, words in <br /> the plural include the singular, and words in a particular gender shall include the other gender. <br /> The words "shall" and"must" are always mandatory and not merely directory. <br /> A. "Access or Public, Education or Government Access" shall mean the availability <br /> of channel capacity on the Cable System for non-commercial public, education or <br /> government use by agencies, institutions, organizations, groups and individuals in the <br /> community, including the Grantor and its designees for the distribution of non- <br /> commercial programming not under the Grantee's editorial control and consistent <br /> with applicable law. <br /> B. "Affiliate", when used in relation to any Grantee, shall mean another person who <br /> owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership or control <br /> with, Grantee. <br /> C. "Basic Cable Service" or "Basic Service" shall mean any cable service tier, that <br /> includes the retransmission of local television broadcast signals. This definition shall <br /> be deemed to change consistent with any changes in the definition of this term by the <br /> Federal Communications Commission. <br /> D. "County Board" shall mean the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County, <br /> North Carolina. <br /> E. "Cable Operator" shall mean any person or group of persons who: <br /> 1. provide Cable Service over a Cable System and directly or through one or <br /> more affiliates owns a significant interest in such Cable System, or <br /> 2. otherwise control or are responsible for, through any arrangement, the <br /> management and operation of such a Cable System under a Franchise with <br /> the Grantor. <br /> F. "Cable Service" shall mean: <br /> 1. The transmission to Customers of (i) video programming, or (ii) other <br /> programming service, and <br /> 2. Customer interaction, if any, which is required for the selection or use of <br /> such video programming or other programming services. <br /> 2 <br />