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1.15. "Franchise Area" means the area within the jurisdictional boundaries of the City, <br /> including any areas annexed by the City during the term of this Franchise. <br /> 1.16. "GAAP"means generally accepted accounting principles. <br /> 1.17. "Grantee" means Black Rock Cable, Inc., or its lawful successor, transferee or <br /> assignee. <br /> 1.18. "Gross Revenues" means all gross revenues received by an open video system <br /> operator or its affiliates, including all revenues received from subscribers and all carriage <br /> revenues received from unaffiliated video programming providers. In addition, gross revenues <br /> under this paragraph includes any advertising revenues received by an open video system <br /> operator or its affiliates in connection with the provision of video programming, where such <br /> revenues are included in the calculation of the incumbent cable operator's franchise fees. Gross <br /> revenues does not include revenues collected by unaffiliated programming providers, such as <br /> subscriber or advertising revenues. Any gross revenues fee that the open video system operator <br /> or its affiliate collects from video programming providers shall be excluded from gross revenues. <br /> 1.19. "Open Video System" or "System" means a system of facilities that is certified as <br /> an Open Video System by the FCC pursuant to 47 CFR 76.1500 et seq. and regularly provides <br /> Open Video System Services to subscribers of Black Rock's System. This may include a set of <br /> transmission paths and associated signal generation, reception and control equipment that may <br /> provide Cable Service, or a system of facilities that may provide Dark Fiber services ("Dark <br /> Fiber Service"). <br /> 1.20. "Open Video System Services" or "OVS Services" means such services as an <br /> Open Video System Operator may provide on or through a System as allowed or authorized by <br /> 47 U.S.C. §573 (1996) <br /> 1.21. "Operator" or "Open Video System Operator" means any person or group of <br /> persons who provide Cable Service over an Open Video System and directly or through one or <br /> more affiliates owns a significant interest in such Open Video System, or otherwise controls or is <br /> responsible for the management and operation of such Open Video System. <br /> 1.22. "Person" means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, association, or <br /> corporation, or any other form of entity or organization. <br /> 1.23. "Premium Service" means programming choices (such as movie Channels, pay- <br /> per-view programs, or video on demand) offered to Subscribers on a per-Channel, per-program <br /> or per-event basis. <br /> 1.24. "Right-of-Way" means each of the following which have been dedicated to the <br /> public or are hereafter dedicated to the public and are maintained under public authority or by <br /> others and located within the City: streets, roadways, highways, avenues, lanes, alleys, bridges, <br /> sidewalks, easements, rights-of-way and similar public property and areas. <br /> 1.25. "State"means the State of Washington. <br /> 1.26. "Subscriber" means any Person who or which elects to subscribe to, for any <br /> purpose, service provided by Grantee by means of or in connection with the Open Video System <br /> 3 <br />