Federal Communications Commission Final Rule

December 22, 2010 at 10:17 am | Posted in Aerospace Law Interfaces | Leave a comment

by Sara M. Langston with the blog faculty

Source: Federal Register

[Federal Register: December 22, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 245)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 80354-80363]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[ET Docket No. 10-152; FCC 10-194]

Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 and
Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: In this document the Commission, adopts a point-to-point
predictive model for determining the ability of individual locations to
receive an over-the-air digital television broadcast signal at the
intensity level needed for service through the use of an antenna as
required by the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010
(STELA). The STELA reauthorizes the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and
Reauthorization Act of 2004 (SHVERA) by extending the statutory
copyright license for satellite carriage of distant broadcast signals,
as well as provisions in the Communications Act, and by amending
certain provisions in the Communications Act and the Copyright Act.

DATES: Effective January 21, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Stillwell, Office of Engineering
and Technology, (202) 418-2925, e-mail: Alan.Stillwell@fcc.gov, TTY
(202) 418-2989.
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