118 STAT. 3424 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 ‘‘(ii) section 73.686(d) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, should be amended to create different procedures for determining if the requisite digital signal strength is present than for determining if the requisite analog signal strength is present; ‘‘(iii) a standard should be used other than the presence of a signal of a certain strength to ensure that a household can receive a high quality picture using antennas of reasonable cost and ease of installa tion; ‘‘(iv) to develop a predictive methodology for deter mining whether a household is unserved by an ade quate digital signal under section 119(d)(10) of title 17, United States Code; ‘‘(v) there is a wide variation in the ability of reasonably priced consumer digital television sets to receive over the air signals, such that at a given signal strength some may be able to display high quality pic tures while others cannot, whether such variation is related to the price of the television set, and whether such variation should be factored into setting a standard for determining whether a household is unserved by an adequate digital signal; and ‘‘(vi) to account for factors such as building loss, external interference sources, or undesired signals from both digital television and analog television stations using either the same or adjacent channels in nearby markets, foliage, and man made clutter. ‘‘(C) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, the Federal Communica tions Commission shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report containing— ‘‘(i) the results of the study under this paragraph; and ‘‘(ii) recommendations, if any, as to what changes should be made to Federal statutes or regulations.’’. SEC. 205. ADDITIONAL NOTICES TO SUBSCRIBERS, NETWORKS, AND STATIONS CONCERNING SIGNAL CARRIAGE. Section 338 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 338) is further amended by inserting after subsection (g) (as added by section 203) the following new subsection: ‘‘(h) ADDITIONAL NOTICES TO SUBSCRIBERS, NETWORKS, AND STATIONS CONCERNING SIGNAL CARRIAGE.— ‘‘(1) NOTICES TO AND ELECTIONS BY SUBSCRIBERS CON CERNING GRANDFATHERED SIGNALS.—Any carrier that provides a distant signal of a network station to a subscriber pursuant section 339(a)(2)(A) shall— ‘‘(A) within 60 days after the local signal of a network station of the same television network is available pursuant to section 338, or within 60 days after the date of enactment of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthoriza tion Act of 2004, whichever is later, send a notice to the subscriber— Deadlines.
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