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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 4572 (Engrossed in House) — To amend the Communications Act of 1934 and title 17, United States Code, to extend expiring provisions relating to t... · Sec. 108

Sec. 108. Report on designated market areas

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Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing an analysis of— the extent to which consumers in each local market (as defined in section 122(j) of title 17, United States Code) have access to broadcast programming from television broadcast stations (as defined in section 325(b)(7) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 325(b)(7) )) located outside their local market, including through carriage by cable operators and satellite carriers of signals that are significantly viewed (within the meaning of section 340 of such Act ( 47 U.S.C. 340 )); and whether there are technologically and economically feasible alternatives to the use of designated market areas (as defined in section 122(j) of title 17, United States Code) to define markets that would provide consumers with more programming options and the potential impact such alternatives could have on localism and on broadcast television locally, regionally, and nationally.
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