What does Tri-State actually want to do, now that it has the meters under franchise and certain phases of its piping system in the `` patent applied for '' stage??

Since then the format has become a worldwide TV franchise, airing in many countries in varying adaptations.

Since first being aired, it has been one of the most financially lucrative programmes on British commercial television, underpinning the success of its broadcaster ITV and its franchise Granada Television.

As of August 2011, the Counter-Strike franchise has sold over 27 million units.

This reputation has continued through the 1990s and into the 21st century with films such as the James Bond series, Gladiator ( 2000 ) and the Harry Potter franchise.

Each party to a franchise has several interests to protect.

The service has to be in accordance with the pattern followed by the franchisor in the successful franchise operations.

Also, franchise agreements carry no guarantees or warranties and the franchisee has little or no recourse to legal intervention in the event of a dispute.

* If the franchisee has paid a deposit to the franchisor, it must be refunded on termination of the franchise agreement ; upon termination, the franchisee is prohibited from continuing to use the franchisor's marks.

Unlike the United States, the European Union has not adopted a uniform franchise disclosure policy.

* The communication by the franchisor to the franchise of certain technical knowledge or substantial and singular know-how that has to be owned by the franchisor, and

Former Weismann performers at the reunion include Max and Stella Deems, who lost their radio jobs and became store owners in Miami ; Solange La Fitte, a coquette, who is still vibrant three decades later ; Hattie Walker, who has outlived five younger husbands ; Vincent and Vanessa, former dancers who now own an Arthur Murray franchise ; Heidi Schiller, for whom Franz Lehár once wrote a waltz ( or was it Oscar Straus?

Many of the original cast of Saturday Night Live came from The Second City and the franchise has produced such comedy stars as Mike Myers, Tina Fey, Bob Odenkirk, Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Eugene Levy, Steve Carell, Chris Farley, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi.

The fictional British Secret Service agent has also been adapted for television, radio, comic strip and video game formats as well as being used in the longest continually running and the second-highest grossing film franchise to date, which started in 1962 with Dr. No, starring Sean Connery as Bond.

Subsidiary Zung Fu, which has held the Mercedes-Benz franchise in Hong Kong for over 50 years, has achieved one of the highest market penetrations in the world for the luxury brand and ranks among its top international performers.

This symbol has since become associated with the entire franchise.

He has also been voiced in animation by Jackson Beck in the 1960s series The New Adventures of Superman, Stan Jones in the 1970s / 1980s Super Friends franchise, Michael Bell in the 1988 Superman animated series, and by Clancy Brown in the 1990s / 2000s DC animated universe, as well as a 2007 episode of The Batman and the 2009 direct-to-DVD animated feature Superman / Batman: Public Enemies, among others.

In addition, western animation has ventured into the genre with the most successful effort being the internationally hailed DreamWorks Animation film franchise, Kung Fu Panda, starring Jack Black and Angelina Jolie.

Hideki Konno, the series producer, has stated that he hopes to release a Mario Kart game for Nintendo's upcoming games console ; the Wii U. Konno said that he wanted to create " a new and enjoyable game that uses the unique function of Wii U ", He also added that he'd never considered adding other franchise characters into the series.

Through the 2011 season, the franchise has won three World Series championships ( 1924, 1987, and 1991 ), and has fielded 18 American League batting champions.

Since the merger, the 2000s has been the decade with the fewest playoff berths for the franchise.

Since taking over the franchise, Attanasio has worked hard to build bridges with Milwaukee baseball fans, including giving away every seat to the final home game of 2005 free of charge and bringing back the classic " ball and glove " logo of the club's glory days on " Retro Friday " home games, during which they also wear versions of the team's old pinstriped uniforms.

As a result of several franchise shifts, the Brewers were one of only two Western League teams that didn't fold, move or get kicked out of the league ( the other being the Detroit Tigers ).

" He only acquiesced to joining the AFL when he was guaranteed that the team would become an NFL franchise after the impending merger of the two leagues.

Since their establishment as a Major League franchise in 1901, the Indians have won two World Series championships, in 1920 and 1948.

After two years there, Young jumped to the newly-created American League, joining the Boston franchise.

So far, franchise agreements are covered under two standard commercial laws: the Contract Act 1872 and the Specific Relief Act 1963, which provide for both specific enforcement of covenants in a contract and remedies in the form of damages for breach of contract.

Under Italian law franchise is defined as an arrangement between two financially independent parties where a franchisee is granted, in exchange for a consideration, the right to market goods and services under particular trademarks.

Relations between Irsay and the city of Baltimore deteriorated, and despite numerous public announcements that Irsay's ultimate desire was to remain in Baltimore, he nevertheless began discussions with several cities hungry for an NFL franchise, eventually narrowing the list of cities to two: Phoenix and Indianapolis.

Though by the close of the 1989 season the team boasted a powerhouse bullpen in the AL Cy Young Award winner Bret Saberhagen ( set franchise record with 23 wins in ), two time All-Star Mark Gubicza ( 15 game winner in 1989 ) and 1989 AL Rookie of the Year runner-up Tom Gordon ( won 17 games in 1989 ), the organization felt they were still missing a few pieces that would give the divisional rivals Oakland Athletics a run for their money.

The team subsequently fell apart completely, losing 104 games and breaking the franchise record set just two years earlier.

The two leaders drifted apart as Nkumbula became increasingly influenced by white liberals and was seen as being willing to compromise on the issue of black majority rule, waiting until most of the indigenous population was responsibly educated before extending the franchise.

The Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves in the 1993 National League Championship Series, four games to two, to earn the fifth pennant in franchise history, only to be defeated by the defending league champion Toronto Blue Jays in the 1993 World Series.

It can be presumed that use of a VISOR is very rare, since no other characters in the franchise have appeared with a similar enhancement, and Beverley Crusher and Katherine Pulaski, the two high-ranking doctors who served on the ship, were unfamiliar with the device.

The original game has spawned a vast franchise that includes a collectible card game, two miniature-based wargames, multiple video games, a series of novels and music.

Around two years later on June 4, 1974, the NFL gave the city an expansion franchise.

This realignment was dictated by the league as part of the 1976 expansion plan, so that both expansion teams could play each other twice and every other NFL franchise once during their first two seasons.

After two consecutive close second place finishes, the Giants, under new manager Felipe Alou, recorded 100 victories for the seventh time in franchise history and the third time in San Francisco, winning their division for the third time in seven seasons.

Before this season, the Dolphins had never won a playoff game in franchise history, but they surprised the entire NFL by advancing to the Super Bowl with wins against the two previous Super Bowl champions.

This realignment was dictated by the league as part of the 1976 expansion plan, so that both teams could play each other twice and every other NFL franchise once during their first two seasons.

Since the release of Unreal, the franchise has had one sequel and two different series based on the Unreal universe.

They wrote and directed its two sequels The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, and were heavily involved in the writing and production of other works in the Matrix franchise.

After two seasons, John Kent Cooke was unable to raise sufficient funds to permanently purchase the Redskins, and on May 25, 1999, Daniel Snyder gained unanimous approval ( 31 – 0 ) from league owners and bought the franchise for $ 800 million, a deal that was the most expensive team-purchasing deal in sporting history.

Following a transitional period, the right to operate the two tram businesses was officially transferred from the government to the private sector under franchise agreements on 29 August 1999.

When Dark Horse acquired the license two years later, he appeared in numerous projects based on the franchise as well.

At roughly the same time as Kroc was conceiving what eventually became McDonald's Corporation, two Miami, Florida businessmen, James McLamore and David Edgerton, opened a franchise of the predecessor to what is now the international fast food restaurant chain Burger King.