Satellite Television Community Protection and Promotion Act of 2019
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Satellite Television Community Protection and Promotion Act of 2019
Official Titles
Official Titles - House of Representatives
Official Title as Introduced
To amend title 17, United States Code, to narrow the category of households eligible to receive signals under a distant-signal satellite license, and for other purposes.
Actions Overview (2)
Date
Actions Overview
12/17/2019
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-354.
11/18/2019
Introduced in House
All Actions (8)
Date
All Actions
12/17/2019
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 282.
Action By: House of Representatives
12/17/2019
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-354.
11/21/2019
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Action By: Committee on the Judiciary
11/21/2019
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Action By: Committee on the Judiciary
11/19/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Action By: Committee on the Judiciary
11/19/2019
Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Discharged.
Action By: Committee on the Judiciary
11/18/2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Action By: House of Representatives
11/18/2019
Introduced in House
Action By: House of Representatives
Cosponsors (0)
Committees (1)
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Satellite Television Community Protection and Promotion Act of 2019
This bill permanently reauthorizes a provision that allows satellite television providers to retransmit distant television signals to unserved households under a statutory license. (A statutory license allows a satellite provider to rebroadcast the signals by paying set fees and without negotiating with the relevant copyright holders.) The bill also limits what constitutes an unserved household under this provision.
Under the bill, an unserved household is (1) a household in a local market where any of the four most widely viewed television networks nationwide is not transmitted by any network television station in that market, or (2) a recreational vehicle or commercial truck. The bill removes several categories of households that currently qualify as unserved, such as households that can receive a local broadcast signal but received satellite retransmissions on certain dates.
To take advantage of the statutory license, a satellite provider generally must provide retransmissions of local television stations in all designated market areas (DMAs). However, a provider that does not provide such retransmissions of local stations to all DMAs may obtain a temporary statutory license by (1) demonstrating that the provider has made reasonable and good faith efforts to do so, and (2) filing a notice with the Copyright Office.
Satellite Television Community Protection and Promotion Act of 2019
This bill permanently reauthorizes a provision that allows satellite television providers to retransmit distant television signals to unserved households under a statutory license. (A statutory license allows a satellite provider to rebroadcast the signals by paying set fees and without negotiating with the relevant copyright holders.) The bill also limits what constitutes an unserved household under this provision.
Under the bill, an unserved household is (1) a household in a local market where any of the four most widely viewed television networks nationwide is not transmitted by any network television station in that market, or (2) a recreational vehicle or commercial truck. The bill removes several categories of households that currently qualify as unserved, such as households that can receive a local broadcast signal but received satellite retransmissions on certain dates.
To take advantage of the statutory license, a satellite provider generally must provide retransmissions of local television stations in all designated market areas (DMAs). However, a provider that does not provide such retransmissions of local stations to all DMAs may obtain a temporary statutory license by (1) demonstrating that the provider has made reasonable and good faith efforts to do so, and (2) filing a notice with the Copyright Office.
Shown Here: Introduced in House (11/18/2019)
Satellite Television Community Protection and Promotion Act of 2019
This bill permanently reauthorizes a provision that allows satellite television providers to retransmit distant television signals to unserved households under a statutory license. (A statutory license allows a satellite provider to rebroadcast the signals by paying set fees and without negotiating with the relevant copyright holders.) The bill also limits what constitutes an unserved household under this provision.
Under the bill, an unserved household is (1) a household in a local market where any of the four most widely viewed television networks nationwide is not transmitted by any network television station in that market, or (2) a recreational vehicle or commercial truck. The bill removes several categories of households that currently qualify as unserved, such as households that can receive a local broadcast signal but received satellite retransmissions on certain dates.
To take advantage of the statutory license, a satellite provider must provide retransmissions of local television stations in all designated market areas.
