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5 <br />C. The Franchise granted herein is for a temi 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.