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 118 STAT. 3416 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 Regulations, as in effect on June 1, 2004. For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘low power television station’ includes a low power television station that has been accorded primary status as a Class A television licensee under section 73.6001(a) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations.’’. SEC. 204. REPLACEMENT OF DISTANT SIGNALS WITH LOCAL SIGNALS. (a) REPLACEMENT.—Section 339(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 339(a)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Such two network stations may be comprised of both the analog signal and digital signal of not more than two network stations.’’; (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new para graph: ‘‘(2) REPLACEMENT OF DISTANT SIGNALS WITH LOCAL SIG NALS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of paragraph (1), the following rules shall apply after the date of enactment of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004: ‘‘(A) RULES FOR GRANDFATHERED SUBSCRIBERS TO ANA LOG SIGNALS.— ‘‘(i) FOR THOSE RECEIVING DISTANT ANALOG SIG NALS.—In the case of a subscriber of a satellite carrier who is eligible to receive the analog signal of a network station solely by reason of section 119(e) of title 17, United States Code (in this subparagraph referred to as a ‘distant analog signal’), and who, as of October 1, 2004, is receiving the distant analog signal of that network station, the following shall apply: ‘‘(I) In a case in which the satellite carrier makes available to the subscriber the analog signal of a local network station affiliated with the same television network pursuant to section 338, the carrier may only provide the secondary trans missions of the distant analog signal of a station affiliated with the same network to that subscriber— ‘‘(aa) if, within 60 days after receiving the notice of the satellite carrier under section 338(h)(1) of this Act, the subscriber elects to retain the distant analog signal; but ‘‘(bb) only until such time as the sub scriber elects to receive such local analog signal. ‘‘(II) Notwithstanding subclause (I), the carrier may not retransmit the distant analog signal to any subscriber who is eligible to receive the analog signal of a network station solely by reason of section 119(e) of title 17, United States Code, unless such carrier, within 60 days after the date of the enactment of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, sub mits to that television network the list and state ment required by subparagraph (F)(i). Deadline. Deadline. Applicability.

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