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