Satellite Television Act of 1999

Summary

Satellite Television Act of 1999 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to state that the mandatory local television signal carriage provisions of such Act shall apply no later than January 1, 2002, to satellite carriers retransmitting any television broadcast station in that local market and pursuant to Federal compulsory licensing requirements. States that a local television station may be required to bear the costs associated with delivering a good quality signal to the local receiving facility of the satellite carrier. Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to institute a single rulemaking to examine the extent to which carriage of distant network stations already provided to subscribers on March 1, 1998, may continue without causing a projected loss of audience and revenue as to cause material harm to the viability of local television stations. Makes this section inapplicable to the carriage of the digital signals of television stations by cable television systems. Prohibits a cable system or other multichannel video programming distributor from retransmitting the signal of a broadcast station except: (1) with such station's express authority; or (2) in the case of a station electing to assert the right to such carriage. Provides exceptions. States that nothing in this Act shall prohibit the FCC from revising or reassigning designated market areas if done in the same manner and extent as the FCC's cable television mandatory carriage rules provide.

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• Reported to Senate (text)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 20 May 1999

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• Reported to Senate (PDF)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 20 May 1999

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 20 May 1999

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 25 January 1999

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 25 January 1999

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 25 January 1999

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