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SYSTEM MALFUNCTION Any cable system equipment,facility or signal failure or malfunction that results in the loss of satisfactory service on one or more channels to one : -- . .. - . • or more units. TRANSFER OF A FRANCHISE Any transaction in which: s A. An ownership or other interest in a franchisee or its cable system is transferred from one person or group of persons to another person or group of persons so that control of a franchisee is transferred; Of assigned to another person, group of persons or business entity. TWO WAY CAPABILITY The incorporation into a cable system of all appropriate design and engineering characteristics and features so that two way interactive transmission, including but not limited to addressability, over the system can be implemented and activated. VIDEO CHANNEL or CHANNEL A portion of the electromagnetic frequency spectrum which associated audio signal, as television c'. annel is defined by the FCC by regulation or otherwise. The following words.terms and phrases.when used in this chapter. shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning, Words not otherwise defined herein or in any franchise agreement that might be granted hereunder shall be given the meaning set forth in Section 610.103. Florida Statutes, and if not defined therein. the Communications Act of 1934. 47 USC 151 et seq.. and the Telecommunications Act of 1996. and as those statutes may hereinafter be amended (collectively the "Communications Act"). and. if not defined therein. the common and ordinary meaning. Certificateholder means a cable or video service provider that has been issued and holds a certificate of franchise authority from the Florida Department of State. City means the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. a municipal corporation of the State of Florida. in its present form or in any later reorganized. consolidated. or enlarged form. Communications Act means the Communications Act of 1934, 47 USC §151 et seq., as the Communications Act has and may hereinafter be amended. Franchise is an authorization granted by the franchise authority which permits the construction. operation and maintenance of a cable television system within the franchise area under the terms of this chapter. Franchise area means that portion of the franchise entity for which a franchise is granted under the authority of this chapter. The franchise area may or may not be conterminous with the franchise entity.