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S. 3186 · 111th Congress

Satellite Television Extension Act of 2010

Law · 111-151 · Mar 26, 2010
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JRD RockefellerSponsor

No cosponsors.

  1. Senate Introduced Mar 25, 2010
  2. House Passed Mar 25, 2010
  3. Senate Passed Mar 25, 2010
  4. President To the President Mar 26, 2010
  5. President Signed Mar 26, 2010
  6. Law Mar 26, 2010

Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to extend through April 30, 2010, the exemption of a subscriber from the originating station consent requirement for retransmission of broadcasting station signals if the subscriber receives the retransmitted signals directly to a home satellite antenna, is located outside the station's local market, and resides in an…

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Mar 26, 2010

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Extends through April 30, 2010, the adjustment of royalty fees for the secondary transmission of the primary analog transmissions of network stations and superstations. Extends through such date the moratorium on copyright liability for subscribers not receiving a signal of Grade A intensity of a local network television broadcast station and receiving signals of network stations affiliated with the same network, if such subscribers had satellite service of such network signal terminated between July 11, 1998, and October 31, 1999.

Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to extend through April 30, 2010, the exemption of a subscriber from the originating station consent requirement for retransmission of broadcasting station signals if the subscriber receives the retransmitted signals directly to a home satellite antenna, is located outside the station's local market, and resides in an unserved household.

Extends through May 1, 2010, the requirement that certain Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations prohibit: (1) a television broadcast station that provides retransmission consent from engaging in exclusive contracts for carriage or failing to negotiate in good faith; and (2) a multichannel video programming distributor from failing to negotiate in good faith for retransmission consent.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Satellite Television Extension Act of 2010

Latest action (Mar 26, 2010): Became Public Law No: 111-151.

Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 25, 2010

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. Senate Introduced Mar 25, 2010
  2. House Passed Mar 25, 2010
  3. Senate Passed Mar 25, 2010
  4. President To the President Mar 26, 2010
  5. President Signed Mar 26, 2010
  6. Law Mar 26, 2010

No recorded floor vote found.