a. “Upstream communications channel” means a signaling path provided by a cable television company for the transmission of signals over a cable television system from subscriber terminals;

b. “Interactive cable television program or service” means a cable television program or service involving the collection, reception, aggregation, storage or use of information contained in signals transmitted from subscriber terminals over upstream communications channels;

c. “Intercept” means to acquire, at any time from initiation to completion of a signal transmission over a cable television system, the content of the information contained in that signal;

d. “Personally identifiable information” means any information that identifies any individual as a subscriber to, or user of, a cable television system, or that otherwise provides information about that individual or his use of any service provided by a cable television system; and

e. “Qualified auxiliary service” means any business activity necessary or incidental to the provision of cable television services performed by a cable television company or other party, and shall include, but not be limited to, billing services, program suppliers, management consulting services, brokers, and banking or other financial services.

L. 1988, c. 121, s. 2.