iii. Any revenues received by the Provider or its affiliates from the provision of services or capabilities
other than video service, including telecommunications services, information services, and services,
capabilities, and applications that may be sold as part of a package or bundle, or functionality
integrated, with video service.
iv. Any revenues received by the Provider or its affiliates for the provision of directory or internet
advertising, including yellow pages, white pages, banner advertisement, and electronic publishing.
v. Any amounts attributable to the provision of video service to customers at no charge, including the
provision of such service to public institutions without charge.
vi. Any tax, fee, or assessment of general applicability imposed on the customer or the transaction by a
federal, state, or local government or any other governmental entity, collected by the Provider, and
required to be remitted to the taxing entity, including sales and use taxes.
vii. Any forgone revenue from the provision of video service at no charge to any person, except that any
forgone revenue exchanged for trades, barters, services, or other items of value shall be included in
gross revenue.
viii. Sales of capital assets or surplus equipment.
ix. Reimbursement by programmers of marketing costs actually incurred by the Provider for the
introduction of new programming.
x. The sale of video service for resale to the extent the purchaser certifies in writing that it will resell the
service and pay a franchise fee with respect to the service.
E. In the case of a video service that is bundled or integrated functionally with other services, capabilities, or
applications, the portion of the video Provider’s revenue attributable to the other services, capabilities, or
applications shall be included in gross revenue unless the Provider can reasonably identify the division or
exclusion of the revenue from its books and records that are kept in the regular course of business.
F. Revenue of an affiliate shall be included in the calculation of gross revenues to the extent the treatment of the
revenue as revenue of the affiliate has the effect of evading the payment of franchise fees which would
otherwise be paid for video service.
G. The Provider is entitled to a credit applied toward the fees due under Section 6(1) of the Act for all funds
allocated to the Franchising Entity from annual maintenance fees paid by the provider for use of public rights-
of-way, minus any property tax credit allowed under Section 8 of the Metropolitan Extension
Telecommunications Rights-of-Way Oversight Act (METRO Act), 2002 PA 48, MCL 484.3108. The
credits shall be applied on a monthly pro rata basis beginning in the first month of each calendar year in which
the Franchising Entity receives its allocation of funds. The credit allowed under this subsection shall be
calculated by multiplying the number of linear feet occupied by the Provider in the public rights-of-way of the
Franchising Entity by the lesser of 5 cents or the amount assessed under the METRO Act. The Provider is
not eligible for a credit under this section unless the provider has taken all property tax credits allowed under
the METRO Act.
H. All determinations and computations made under this section shall be pursuant to generally accepted
accounting principles.
I. Any claims by a Franchising Entity that fees have not been paid as required under Section 6 of the Act, and
any claims for refunds or other corrections to the remittance of the Provider shall be made within 3 years from
the date the compensation is remitted.
J. The Provider may identify and collect as a separate line item on the regular monthly bill of each subscriber an
amount equal to the percentage established under Section 6(1) of the Act, applied against the amount of the
subscriber’s monthly bill.
K. The Franchising Entity shall not demand any additional fees or charges from a Provider and shall not demand
the use of any other calculation method other than allowed under the Act.
VII. Public, Education, and Government (PEG) Channels
A. The video service Provider shall designate a sufficient amount of capacity on its network to provide for the
same number of public, education, and government access channels that are in actual use on the incumbent
video provider system on the effective date of the Act or as provided under Section 4(14) of the Act.
B. Any public, education, or government channel provided under this section that is not utilized by the
Franchising Entity for at least 8 hours per day for 3 consecutive months may no longer be made available to
the Franchising Entity and may be programmed at the Provider’s discretion. At such a time as the
Franchising Entity can certify a schedule for at least 8 hours of daily programming for a period of 3
consecutive months, the Provider shall restore the previously reallocated channel.
C. The Franchising Entity shall ensure that all transmissions, content, or programming to be retransmitted by a
video service Provider is provided in a manner or form that is capable of being accepted and retransmitted by
a Provider, without requirement for additional alteration or change in the content by the Provider, over the