PUBLIC LAW 106-113—APPENDIX I 113 STAT. 150LA-537 or more hours per week to at least 25 iiffiliated broadcast stations in 10 or more States.". (b) NETWORK STATION DEFINITION.— Section 119(d)(2) of title 17, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B) by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and (2) by adding after subparagraph (B) the following: "except that the term does not include the signal of the Alaska Rural Communications Service, or any successor entity to that service.". SEC. 1009. RETRANSMISSION CONSENT. (a) IN GENERAL. —Section 325(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b)) is amended— (1) by amending paragraphs (1) and (2) to read as follows: "(b)(1) No cable system or other multichaimel video programming distributor shall retransmit the signal of a broadcasting station, or any part thereof, except— "(A) with the express authority of the originating station; "(B) under section 614, in the case of a station electing, in accordance with this subsection, to assert the right to carriage under such section; or "(C) under section 338, in the case of a station electing, in accordance with this subsection, to assert the right to carriage under such section. "(2) This subsection shall not apply— "(A) to retransmission of the signal of a noncommercial television broadcast station; "(B) to retransmission of the signal of a television broadcast station outside the station's local market by a satellite carrier directly to its subscribers, if— "(i) such station was a superstation on May 1, 1991; "(ii) as of July 1, 1998, such station was retransmitted by a satellite carrier under the statutory license of section 119 of title 17, United States Code; and "(iii) the satellite carrier complies with any network nonduplication, syndicated exclusivity,, and sports blackout rules adopted by the Commission under section 339(b) of this Act; "(C) until December 31, 2004, to retransmission of the signals of network stations directly to a home satellite antenna, if the subscriber receiving the signal— "(i) is located in an area outside the local market of such stations; and "(ii) resides in an unserved household; "(D) to retransmission by a cable operator or other multichannel video provider, other than a satellite carrier, of the signal of a television broadcast station outside the station's local market if such signal was obtained from a satellite carrier and— "(i) the originating station was a superstation on May 1, 1991; and "(ii) as of July 1, 1998, such station was retransmitted by a satellite carrier under the statutory license of section 119 of title 17, United States Code; or "(E) during the 6-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act
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