118 STAT. 3413 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 entire portion of its local market for which retransmission consent is elected. ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS.—The Commission shall, no later than October 30, 2005, revise its regulations to provide the following: ‘‘(A) NOTIFICATIONS BY SATELLITE CARRIER.—A satellite carrier’s retransmission of television broadcast stations pursuant to this section shall be subject to the following limitations: ‘‘(i) In any local market in which the satellite carrier provides service pursuant to section 338 on the date of enactment of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, the carrier may notify a television broadcast station in that market, at least 60 days prior to any date on which the station must thereafter make an election under section 76.66 of the Commission’s regulations (47 CFR 76.66), of— ‘‘(I) each affiliate of the same television net work that the carrier reserves the right to re transmit into that station’s local market pursuant to this section during the next election cycle under such section of such regulations; and ‘‘(II) for each such affiliate, the communities into which the satellite carrier reserves the right to make such retransmissions. ‘‘(ii) In any local market in which the satellite carrier commences service pursuant to section 338 after the date of enactment of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, the carrier may notify a station in that market, at least 60 days prior to the introduction of such service in that market, and thereafter at least 60 days prior to any date on which the station must thereafter make an election under section 76.66 of the Commission’s regulations (47 CFR 76.66), of each affiliate of the same television network that the carrier reserves the right to re transmit into that station’s local market during the next election cycle under such section of such regula tions. ‘‘(iii) Beginning with the 2005 election cycle, a satellite carrier may only retransmit pursuant to this section during the pertinent election period a signal— ‘‘(I) as to which it has provided the notifica tions set forth in clauses (i) and (ii); or ‘‘(II) that it was retransmitting into the local market under this section as of the date such notifications were due. ‘‘(B) HARMONIZATION OF ELECTIONS AND RETRANS MISSION CONSENT AGREEMENTS.—If a satellite carrier noti fies a television broadcast station that it reserves the right to retransmit an affiliate of the same television network during the next election cycle pursuant to this section, the station may choose between retransmission consent and mandatory carriage for any portion of the 3 year elec tion cycle that is not covered by an existing retransmission consent agreement. Deadline.
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