Texas Utilities Code - Section 62.003. Requirements Relating To Audio And Video Programming
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§ 62.003. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO AUDIO AND VIDEO
PROGRAMMING. (a) This section applies only to a provider of
advanced services or local exchange telephone service that has more
than 500,000 access lines in service in this state and that delivers
audio programming with localized content or video programming to
its subscribers in those service areas where such provider is not
regulated as a cable system under federal law.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a
provider of advanced services or local exchange telephone service
shall provide subscribers access to the signals of the local
broadcast television and radio stations licensed by the Federal
Communications Commission to serve those subscribers over the air;
provided with respect to low power television stations, this
section shall only apply to those low power television stations
that are "qualified low power stations" as defined in 47 U.S.C.
Section 534(h)(2).
(c) To facilitate access by subscribers of a provider of
advanced services or local exchange telephone service to the
signals of local broadcast stations, a station either shall be
granted mandatory carriage or may request retransmission consent
with the provider.
(d) This title does not require a provider of advanced
services or local exchange telephone service to provide a
television or radio station valuable consideration in exchange for
carriage.
(e) A provider of advanced services or local exchange
telephone service shall transmit without degradation the signals a
local broadcast station delivers to the provider. The transmission
quality offered a broadcast station may not be lower than the
quality made available to another broadcast station or video or
audio programming source.
(f) A provider of advanced services or local exchange
telephone service that delivers audio or video programming to its
subscribers may not:
(1) discriminate among broadcast stations or between
broadcast stations on the one hand and programming providers on the
other with respect to transmission of their signals, taking into
account any consideration afforded a provider of advanced services
or local exchange telephone service by any such programming
provider or broadcast station; or
(2) delete, change, or alter a copyright
identification transmitted as part of a broadcast station's signal.
(g) A provider of advanced services or local exchange
telephone service that delivers audio or video programming shall be
subject to any applicable network nonduplication or syndicated
exclusivity rules promulgated by the Federal Communications
Commission to the extent applicable to cable systems as defined by
the commission.
(h) A provider of advanced services or local exchange
telephone service that delivers audio or video programming to its
subscribers shall include all programming providers in a subscriber
programming guide, if any, that lists program schedules.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 2, § 25, eff. Sept.
1, 2005.
Section: 60.206 60.207 60.208 60.209 60.210 62.001 62.002 62.003 64.001 64.002 64.003 64.004 64.051 64.052 64.053
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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