Title 47 — Telecommunications
Part I · Chapter 5 — Wire or Radio Communication
§ 341. Carriage of television signals to certain subscribers
Statutory text
In General.—
A cable operator or satellite carrier may elect to retransmit, to subscribers in an eligible county—
any television broadcast stations that are located in the State in which the county is located and that any cable operator or satellite carrier was retransmitting to subscribers in the county on ; or
up to 2 television broadcast stations located in the State in which the county is located, if the number of television broadcast stations that the cable operator or satellite carrier is authorized to carry under paragraph (1) is less than 3.
Deemed Significantly Viewed.—
A station described in subsection (a) is deemed to be significantly viewed in the eligible county within the meaning of section 76.54 of the Commission’s regulations (47 CFR 76.54).
Definition of Eligible County.—
For purposes of this section, the term “eligible county” means any 1 of 4 counties that—
are all in a single State;
on , were each in designated market areas in which the majority of counties were located in another State or States; and
as a group had a combined total of 41,340 television households according to the U.S. Television Household Estimates by Nielsen Media Research for 2003–2004.
Limitation.—
Carriage of a station under this section shall be at the option of the cable operator or satellite carrier.
Certain Markets.—
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a satellite carrier may not carry the signal of a television station into an adjacent local market that is comprised of only a portion of a county, other than to unserved households located in that county.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005
Pub. L. 108–447 div. J title IX · 118 Stat. 2809
Enacted · 47 U.S.C. § 341
(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 341, as added Pub. L. 108–447, div. J, title IX [title II, § 211], Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3430.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 341, as added Pub. L. 108–447, div. J, title IX [title II, § 211], Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3430.)Enacted provision · exact public law
TITLE IX— SATELLITE HOME VIEWER EXTENSION AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2004 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Titles.— This 17 USC 101 note. title may be cited as the “Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004” or the “W. J. (Billy) Tauzin Satellite Television Act of 2004”. (b) Table of Contents.— The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short titles; table of contents. TITLE I— STATUTORY LICENSE FOR SATELLITE CARRIERS Sec. 101. Extension of authority. Sec. 102. Reporting of subscribers; significantly viewed and other signals; technical amendments. Sec. 103. Statutory license for satellite carriers outside local markets. Sec. 104. Statutory license for satellite retransmission of low power television stations. Sec. 105. Definitions. Sec. 106. Effect on certain proceedings. Sec. 107. Statutory license for satellite carriers retransmitting superstation signals to commercial establishments. Sec. 108. Expedited consideration of voluntary agreements to provide satellite secondary transmissions to local markets. Sec. 109. Study. Sec. 110. Additional study. Sec. 111. Special rules. Sec. 112. Technical amendment. TITLE II— FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION OPERATIONS Sec. 201. Extension of retransmission consent exemption. Sec. 202. Cable/satellite comparability. Sec. 203. Carriage of local stations on a single dish. Sec. 204. Replacement of distant signals with local signals. Sec. 205. Additional notices to subscribers, networks, and stations concerning signal carriage. Sec. 206. Privacy rights of satellite subscribers. Sec. 207. Reciprocal bargaining obligations. Sec. 208. Study of impact on cable television service. Sec. 209. Reduction of required tests. Sec. 210. Satellite carriage of television stations in noncontiguous States. Sec. 211. Carriage of television signals to certain subscribers. Sec. 212. Digital transition savings provision. Sec. 213. Authorizing broadcast service in unserved areas of Alaska.
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Credits
(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 341, as added Pub. L. 108–447, div. J, title IX [title II, § 211], , 118 Stat. 3430.)