Reauthorization of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA)

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artificial satellites in telecommunication.

Public broadcasting.

Telecommunication--Law and legislation.

Telecommunication.

Television.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2014

Summary:

Discusses reauthorization of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act and the Communications Act (STELA), which authorizes direct broadcast satellite providers to obtain licenses to retransmit distant over-the-air TV broadcast signals to their subscribers. Describes satellite retransmission of broadcast signals and consequences of STELA expiration, reviews STELA reauthorization legislation in the 113th Congress, and discusses issues of "orphan counties" in which satellite subscribers may not be receiving signals from in-State broadcast stations and may not be receiving news, sports, and public affairs programming of interest in their State

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. Reauthorization of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA)

Publisher Number:

CRS-2014-RSI-0314

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