Technologie i telekomunikacja · 8.03.2005

Implementation of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004; Implementation of Section 340 of the Communications Act; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

In this document, the Commission proposes rules to implement Section 202 of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004 ("SHVERA"), which creates Section 340 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended ("Act"), and amends the copyright laws in order to provide satellite carriers with the authority to offer Commission-determined "significantly-viewed" signals of out-of-market broadcast stations to subscribers. This document achieves the SHVERA's statutory objectives to publish and maintain a list of the stations and the communities containing such stations that are eligible for "significantly viewed" status; and commence a rulemaking proceeding to implement new Section 340.