Exhibit 10.1.4
Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for
confidential treatment filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The
omissions have been indicated by asterisks
("*****"),
and the omitted text
has
been filed separately with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
[Satellite Services Inc. Logo] December 18, 1997
MAILING ADDRESS:
Post Office Box 5630
Denver, CO, 80217-5630
(303) 267-5500
Mr. Steve Saril
President
Spice Networks
536 Broadway, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10012
Dear Steve:
This letter confirms our agreement
that effective October 1, 1996, the Fees
payable for PPV Digital Cable Subscribers
for Spice or both Spice and The Adam &
Eve Channel ("AEC") (together, the "Spice Networks") in each
System where Spice
or the Spice Networks are distributed via the digital platform operated by
National Digital Television Center, Inc., d/b/a Headend in the Sky
("HITS")
shall in no event collectively exceed, for such Systems, an amount (the
following are referred to as the "Rate
Caps") equal to: (1) ***** per month per
Digital Addressable Subscriber if one or
both of the Spice Networks are the only
adult Channel(s) carried on such System, or (2) ***** per month per
Digital
Addressable Subscriber if one or both of the Spice
Networks are not the only
Adult Channel(s) carried on such System.
A "Digital
Addressable
Subscriber"
shall mean an Addressable Subscriber in a System who receives television
programming from HITS in a digital format
utilizing equipment through which such
Addressable Subscriber can also receive a
digital PPV viewing s
