Sec. 3. Definitions

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In this Act: The term broadcast television licensee means the licensee of a full-power television station or a low-power television station. The term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission. The term Internet service provider means any provider of Internet service to an end user, regardless of the technology used to provide that service. The term non-facilities based multichannel video programming distributor means an online video distributor that has made the election permitted under section 672.

The term online video distributor means any entity, including a non-facilities based multichannel video programming distributor, that— has its principal place of business in the United States; and distributes video programming in the United States by means of the Internet or another IP-based transmission path provided by a person other than that entity. The term television network means a television network in the United States which offers an interconnected program service on a regular basis for 15 or more hours per week to at least 25 affiliated broadcast stations in 10 or more States.

The term usage-based billing means a system of charging a consumer for Internet service or the use of an IP-based transmission path provided by an Internet service provider or other entity that is based upon the amount of data the consumer uses over a period of time. The term usage-based billing includes— imposing a cap on the amount of data the consumer can use based on the price the consumer is willing to pay for service; charging a consumer varying amounts each billing cycle based on a per-megabyte, per-gigabyte, or similar rate; and establishing different tiers of prices based on the amount of data the consumer elects to consume in a billing cycle, whether or not the amount acts as a cap on the consumer’s service.

The term video programming means programming provided by, or generally considered comparable to programming provided by, a television broadcast station, whether or not such programming is delivered using a portion of the electromagnetic frequency spectrum. The term video programming vendor means a person engaged in the production, creation, or wholesale distribution of video programming for sale.