Sec. 2. Carriage of rural video programming
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Title VII of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: A multichannel video programming distributor with 5,000 or more subscribers shall use at least 1 percent of the channel capacity of such distributor to transmit or distribute to all of the subscribers of such distributor channels of video programming that predominantly serve the needs and interests of rural America. In transmitting or distributing channels under paragraph (1), a multichannel video programming distributor shall— use the same transmission or distribution technology that the multichannel video programming distributor uses to transmit or distribute the majority of the high-definition channels or programs of such distributor; include such channels in the most basic tier or package of such distributor such that every subscriber of such distributor may access such channels; and place such channels in an appropriate news channel neighborhood.
A multichannel video programming distributor that is subject to subsection
(a)shall— prominently display, on a publicly available website, a list of the channels of video programming that predominantly serve the needs and interests of rural America included in the most basic tier or package of such distributor; and disclose the information described in paragraph
(1)at the point of sale. In this section: The term channels of video programming that predominantly serve the needs and interests of rural America means unaffiliated and independent channels on which a majority of the video programming per week is dedicated to— rural news and agricultural weather forecasts; information from the commodity markets (including from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade); programming focused on rural healthcare, rural development, and rural education; and other content relating to the needs and interests of farmers and ranchers and the rural lifestyle. The term channel neighborhood means a portion of the channel line-up of a multichannel video programming distributor, or an area on a navigation menu of such a distributor, offering similar programming. The term multichannel video programming distributor has the meaning given such term in section 602. The term unaffiliated and independent means, with respect to a channel and a multichannel video programming distributor, that such channel is not vertically integrated with, owned or controlled by, or under common ownership or control with, such distributor. The term video programming has the meaning given such term in section 602. . The amendment made by subsection
(a)shall apply beginning on the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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