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ij}; 11 43 ;.: 82 another meaning is intended. Words not defined herein shall have the meaning subscribed to them in Title 47, Section 522, United States Code, as amended from time to time. Where any inconsistencies may arise, the definition assigned by the United States Code shall be controlling. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular number, and words in the singular number include the plural number. Words of the masculine gender shall be deemed and construed to include correlative words of the feminine gender. The word "shall" is mandatory and not merely directory. A. "Access Channel" means a Channel or Channels the programming of which is provided by groups or members of the public, educational institutions, or the government, and is retransmitted by the Grantee. B. "Activated Channels" means those Channels engineered at the headed of a cable system for the provision of services generally available to residential subscribers of the cable system, regardless of whether such services are actually provided, including any channel designated for public, educational, or governmental use. C. "Basic Cable System" means any service tier which includes the retransmission of local television broadcast signals. D. "Cable Act"means the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. Sections 151-611, as amended by the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, and the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and including any further amendments made thereto. E. "Cable Channel" or "Channel" means a band of frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum, or any other means of transmission (including, without limitation, optical fibers or any other means now available or that may become available), which is capable or carrying a video signal, an audio signal, a voice signal, or a data signal. F. "Cable Service" means (1) the one-way transmission to subscribers of video programming or other programming service, and (2) subscriber interaction, if any, which is required for the selection or use of such video programming or other programming service. G. "Cable Television System" or "Cable Communications System" or "System" or "Cable Television" or "CATV" means any facility, all or a portion of which is located in the City, consisting of a set of closed transmission paths and _ associated signal generation, reception, and control equipment, that is designed to provide Cable Service to Subscribers, but such term does not include: (i.) a facility that serves only to retransmit the television signals of one or more television broadcasting stations; (ii.) a facility that serves Subscribers without using any public way(s);