§ 1108. Definitions  


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  • In this chapter: (1) AffiliateThe term “affiliate”—(A) means any person or entity that controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another person or entity; and(B) may include any individual who is a director or senior management officer of an affiliate, a shareholder controlling more than 25 percent of the voting securities of an affiliate, or more than 25 percent of the ownership interest in an affiliate not organized in stock form. (2) Nonserved areaThe term “nonserved area” means any area that—(A) is outside the grade B contour (as determined using standards employed by the Federal Communications Commission) of the local television broadcast signals serving a particular designated market area; and(B) does not have access to such signals by any commercial, for profit, multichannel video provider. (3) Underserved areaThe term “underserved area” means any area that—(A) is outside the grade A contour (as determined using standards employed by the Federal Communications Commission) of the local television broadcast signals serving a particular designated market area; and(B) has access to local television broadcast signals from not more than one commercial, for-profit multichannel video provider. (4) Common terms

    Except as provided in paragraphs (1) through (3), any term used in this chapter that is defined in the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) has the meaning given that term in the Communications Act of 1934.

(Pub. L. 106–553, § 1(a)(2) [title X, § 1010], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2762, 2762A–140.)

References In Text

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, and was translated as reading “this title”. See References in Text note set out under section 1101 of this title.

The Communications Act of 1934, referred to in par. (4), is act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, 48 Stat. 1064, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 5 (§ 151 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 609 of this title and Tables.