Carriage of Digital Television Broadcast Signals; Implementation of the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999: Local Broadcast Signal Carriage Issues and Retransmission Consent Issues
broadcasting · Federal Communications Commission · Published 2008-05-05 · Effective 2008-06-04 · 73 FR 24502
Document
Document number
E8-9739
Federal Register citation
73 FR 24502
CFR reference
47 CFR 76
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
broadcasting
Publication date
2008-05-05
Effective date
2008-06-04
FCC docket
CS Docket No. 00-96
Abstract
The actions taken in this document represent another step in the Commission's ongoing efforts to complete the transition from analog to digital television. In this document, we amend the rules to require satellite carriers to carry digital-only stations upon request in markets in which they are providing any local-into-local service pursuant to the statutory copyright license, and to require carriage of all high definition ("HD") signals in a market in which any station's signals are carried in HD.