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Exhibit 10.6
AMENDMENT LETTER NO.2
TO TRADE MARK LICENCE BETWEEN
VIRGIN ENTERPRISES LIMITED AND VIRGIN MEDIA
LIMITED
Virgin Media Limited
160 Great Portland Street
London W1W 5QA
Date: 1 st
October 2007
Dear Sirs
Trade Mark Licence between Virgin Enterprises
Limited ("VEL") and Virgin Media Limited (formerly NTL Group
Limited)("Virgin Media" or the "Licensee") dated 3 April 2006
(as amended by Amendment Letter 1 (as defined below)) (the "Virgin
Media Licence")
Whereas:
- (A)
- The parties entered into the Virgin Media
Licence granting permission to use the Marks (as defined in the
Virgin Media Licence) as stated therein;
- (B)
- The parties wish to extend the aforementioned
grant to the Licensee and members of the Virgin Media Group to use
the name "Virgin 1" in connection with a TV Programme Service and
certain related activities and services on the terms as set out in
this letter of agreement (" Amendment
Letter 2 "); and
- (C)
- By entering into this Amendment Letter 2, VEL
and Virgin Media wish to amend the Virgin Media Licence to reflect
the above, save that any changes or amendments made herein are not
designed or intended to limit or restrict the rights already
granted in the Virgin Media Licence.
In
consideration of the additional royalties payable to VEL under the
Virgin Media Licence (as amended in accordance with the terms of
this Amendment Letter 2), VEL and the Licensee agree to amend
the Virgin Media Licence, with effect from 1 October 2007, as
follows:
1. Definitions
- 1.1
- Capitalised words and phrases not defined in
this Amendment Letter 2 shall have the same meaning as under the
Virgin Media Licence.
- 1.2
- Further, the following definitions shall have
the following meaning:
-
" Amendment Letter
1 " means the letter of agreement between
the parties dated 8 th February 2007
relating, inter alia
, to use of the name Virgin Media Television in
relation to TV Management Services;
" BARB
" means the Broadcasters Audience Research Bureau or
any successor body thereto from time to time;
" General Entertainment
Channel " means a TV Programme Service
consisting of programming predominantly of a general entertainment
nature and of appeal to a wide audience. For the avoidance of
doubt, such TV Programme Service may consist of a variety of
programmes including drama, comedy, factual programming, news,
sport, etc. but shall not consist of programming predominantly of
only one specialist genre;
" Virgin 1
Revenues " means the amount
of:
- (i)
- advertising revenue; and
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- (ii)
- if any, revenue from sale of the Virgin 1
Channel to other carriers,
-
in each case, accrued in respect of the Virgin 1
Channel which is included in Licensed Content Revenues;
" Virgin 1
Channel " means the General Entertainment
Channel named "Virgin 1" (or such other name comprising of the name
"Virgin" as may be agreed between the parties pursuant to
clause 2.3 below from time to time); and
"Virgin 1 Logo" means
the "Virgin 1" logo for the Virgin 1 Channel as set out at
Appendix 1.
2. Rights
relating to the Virgin 1 Channel
- 2.1
- VEL hereby grants to the Licensee and to all
members of the Virgin Media Group for the Term the right, subject
to the terms of the Virgin Media Licence (as amended in accordance
with the terms of this Amendment Letter 2) to use the Marks in
the form of the name "Virgin 1" and the "Virgin 1 Logo" (or such
other name as may be agreed between the parties pursuant to
clause 2.3 from time to time) as follows:
- (a)
- on an exclusive basis in the Territory, in
relation to:
- (i)
- the creation, branding and distribution of a
General Entertainment Channel, whether made available through the
Communications Services or any other similar platform or
distribution means not branded with the Marks, whether provided by
the Virgin Media Group or a third party, including video on demand,
mobile, broadband and interactive services; and
- (ii)
- the creation and acquisition of TV programmes
and Content to be included within the General Entertainment Channel
referred to in clause 2.1(a)(i) above, together with the
rights to package, bundle and distribute such TV programmes and
Content as part of the same and/or through the Communications
Services or any other similar platform or distribution means not
branded with the Marks, whether provided by the Virgin Media Group
or a third party, including video on demand, mobile, broadband and
interactive services; and
- (iii)
- the exploitation, sale, distribution and
licensing to third parties of any TV programmes and Content created
by or on behalf of the Virgin Media Group pursuant to
clause 2.1(a)(ii) above; and
- (iv)
- TV Management Services in relation to the Virgin
1 Channel only.
- (b)
- on a non-exclusive basis outside the Territory,
in relation to TV Management Services in relation to the Virgin 1
Channel only, provided that:
- (i)
- in relation to the acquisition of TV programmes
from third parties outside the Territory, the Licensee or relevant
member of the Virgin Media Group shall use all reasonable
endeavours to make it clear to such third parties that the TV
programmes are being acquired for broadcast on the Virgin 1 Channel
in the Territory;
- (ii)
- in respect of TV Management Services outside the
Territory, the rights granted hereunder do not extend to permit the
use of the "Virgin 1" name in relation to a TV Programme Service
outside the Territory (and/or in relation to UKTV) but, where TV
programmes are created by or for the Virgin 1 Channel, the Marks
may be used (including on end slates) to indicate this provided
that no such TV programme shall be either broadcast, sold or
distributed using the Marks outside the Territory (other than use
of the Marks in copyright notices and on end slates to indicate
that such TV programme is owned by
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- (iii)
- in respect of TV Management Services where the
Licensee or a member of the Virgin Media Group is using the "Virgin
1" name in relation to the creation, production or commissioning of
a TV programme outside of the Territory (including where the
Licensee or a member of the Virgin Media Group is commissioning a
third party to produce a TV programme on its behalf or co-producing
a TV programme in association with any third party located outside
the Territory (e.g. joint funding of a TV programme with a US
production company or broadcaster)), the Licensee acknowledges
that: (i) overall management
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