Sec. 8-1. - Definitions.

For the purpose of this chapter, the following words, terms and phrases shall have meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.

"CATV" means a community antenna television system consisting of systems of antennas, co-axial cables, wires, wave guides or other conductors, equipment or facilities, designed, constructed or used for the purpose of providing television or FM radio service by cable or through its facilities as contemplated by this chapter.

"Gross revenues" or "gross annual receipts" means any and all cash, credits, property or other consideration of any kind or nature of a licensee, its affiliates, or any person in which a licensee has a financial interest, or by any other entity that is a multichannel service operator of a system, arising from, attributable to, or in any way derived from the operation of the licensee's system to provide cable services and occasioned by the grant of the license, including the facilities associated therewith. Gross revenues include, by way of illustration and not limitation, periodic fees charged subscribers for any basic, optional, premium, per- channel, or per-program service; installation, disconnection, reconnection, and change-in-service fees; leased channel fees; late fees and administrative fees; fees, payments or other consideration received from programmers for carriage of programming on the system; revenues from rentals or sales of converters or other equipment related to cable service; advertising revenues barter; revenues from program guides; revenues from the sale or carriage of two-way interactive cable services, including internet services, provided such internet services are considered to be cable services under federal law; and the sale or lease of information services equipment such as cable modems; and revenues from home shopping and bank-at-home channels. Gross revenues shall not include studio rental, tower rental, production equipment and personnel fees. Gross revenues shall be the basis for computing the license fee under any license.

"Service Area" means the unincorporated area of this county in which a licensee is authorized pursuant to this chapter, to construct, maintain or operate a CATV system.

(Ord. No. 5118 § 1, 1998: Ord. No. 1638 § 1.)