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O. "Franchise Fee" shall mean an annual fee of five percent (5%) of the Grantee's <br /> Gross Revenues paid for Grantor's authorization to construct and operate a Cable <br /> System within its jurisdiction. <br /> P. "Government Access" shall mean noncommercial access where government <br /> institutions or their designees are the primary or designated programmers or users <br /> having editorial control over their programming, which shall concern their <br /> governmental functions. <br /> Q. "Grantee" or "Franchisee" or "Company" shall mean the person, firm, or <br /> corporation to whom a Franchise, as hereinabove defined, is granted by the Grantor <br /> and any lawful successor, transferee or assignee of said person, firm, or corporation. <br /> R. "Gross Revenues" shall mean all revenue received by the Grantee, which is derived <br /> from the operation of the Cable System to provide Cable Service which includes but <br /> is not limited to: fees charged to Customers for Basic Cable Service;.fees charged to <br /> Customers for an optional video or audio service; fees charged to Customers for any <br /> tier of video or audio program service other than Basic Cable Service; installation, <br /> disconnection and re-connection fees for the provision of video or audio program <br /> services; leased Channel fees; and equipment rentals and revenues. <br /> Gross Revenues shall also include an allocated portion of revenues received by the <br /> Grantee for the carriage of home shopping channels on the Cable System; marketing, <br /> launch and carriage revenues, which exceed reimbursement for expenses; and <br /> revenues from advertising on the Cable System sold by the Grantee or its agents. The <br /> allocation shall be a percentage of such revenues determined by dividing the number <br /> of Customers in the Grantor's Franchise area by the total number Customers served <br /> by the Cable System. This sum shall be the basis for computing the fee imposed <br /> pursuant to Section 8A hereof. <br /> The term "Gross Revenues" shall not include: converter or other equipment deposits; <br /> bad debts; any sales, excise or any other taxes collected by the Grantee on behalf of <br /> any state, city or other governmental unit; Franchise Fees; refunds to Customers by <br /> the Grantee; reimbursement for expenses (including late fees, returned check fees, <br /> copy expenses and similar items); or items excluded by local, .state or federal law. <br /> Gross Revenues shall be computed in accordance with Generally Accepted <br /> Accounting Principles ("GAAP"). <br /> S. "Initial Service Area" shall mean that geographical area within the unincorporated <br /> portions of the County as it exists on the date of acceptance by the Grantee. <br /> T. "Institutional Network" or "I-Net" shall mean capacity on the Cable System used <br /> for the provision of services to the Grantor pursuant to the terms and conditions set <br /> forth in Section 15. <br /> 4 <br />