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7 <br />O. "FCC" shall mean the Federal Communications Commission. <br />P. "Franchise" shall mean an initial authorization, or renewal thereof, (including a <br />renewal of an authorization which has been granted subject to 47 U.S.C. §546), <br />issued by the Grantor, whether such authorization is designated as a Franchise, <br />Ordinance, permit, license, resolution, contract, certificate, agreement, or otherwise, <br />which authorizes the construction or operation of a Cable System. <br />Q. "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 />R. "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 />S. "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 subscribers for Basic Cable Service, fees charged to <br />subscribers for an optional video or audio service; fees charged to subscribers 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 carnage revenues; and revenues from advertising on the Cable System <br />sold by the Grantee or its agents. The allocation shall be a percentage of such <br />revenues determined by dividing the number of Subscribers in the Grantor's <br />Franchise area by the total number subscribers served by the Cable System. This sum <br />shall be the basis for computing the fee imposed pursuant to Section 6A 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 Subscribers by <br />the Grantee; reimbursement for expenses (including returned check fees, copy <br />expenses and similar items); or items excluded by local, state or federal law. <br />Revenues received for the provision of Other Communication Services including data <br />transmission, point-to-point telecommunications, or telephone services shall not be <br />included in the Gross Revenues but may be subject to fees imposed by the Grantor, <br />upon the provision of such services, to the extent permitted by law. <br />T. "Initial Service Area" shall mean that geographical area within the unincorporated <br />portions of the County. <br />8/22/2003 <br />