§ 1108. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 47USC1108]
TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
CHAPTER 10--LOCAL TV
Sec. 1108. Definitions
In this chapter:
(1) Affiliate
The 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 area
The 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 area
The 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, Sec. 1(a)(2) [title X, Sec. 1010], Dec. 21, 2000, 114
Stat. 2762, 2762A-140.)
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 (Sec. 151 et seq.) of this title. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see section 609 of this title
and Tables.
