# Carriage of Digital Television Broadcast Signals
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2015-06-23 · Effective 2015-07-23 · 80 FR 35854
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-15251
- **Category:** broadcasting
- **Federal Register citation:** 80 FR 35854
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 76
- **Publication date:** 2015-06-23
- **Effective date:** 2015-07-23
- **FCC docket:** CS Docket No. 98-120
## Abstract

The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts a proposal filed jointly by the American Cable Association and the National Association of Broadcasters that modifies and extends the exemption from the requirement to carry high definition ("HD") broadcast signals under "material degradation" provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended ("the Act") that the Commission granted to certain small cable systems in 2012 ("HD carriage exemption").

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/06/23/2015-15251/carriage-of-digital-television-broadcast-signals)
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