1996—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 104–104, § 202(i), redesignated par. (2) as subsec. (a) and subpars. (A) and (B) of par. (2) as pars. (1) and (2) of subsec. (a), respectively, added par. (3), and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: “It shall be unlawful for any person to be a cable operator if such person, directly or through 1 or more affiliates, owns or controls, the licensee of a television broadcast station and the predicted grade B contour of such station covers any portion of the community served by such operator’s cable system.”
Subsec. (span). Puspan. L. 104–104, § 302(span)(1), struck out subsec. (span), which related to common carriers, direct video programming, an exception for rural areas, and waiver.
1994—Subsec. (span)(2). Puspan. L. 103–414 substituted “pole, line, conduit space” for “pole line conduit space”.
1992—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 102–385, § 11(a), designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).
Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 102–385, § 11(span), substituted “any other media” for “any media” and inserted at end “Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any State or franchising authority from prohibiting the ownership or control of a cable system in a jurisdiction by any person (1) because of such person’s ownership or control of any other cable system in such jurisdiction; or (2) in circumstances in which the State or franchising authority determines that the acquisition of such a cable system may eliminate or reduce competition in the delivery of cable service in such jurisdiction.”
Subsecs. (f) to (h). Puspan. L. 102–385, § 11(c), added subsec. (f) and redesignated former subsecs. (f) and (g) as (g) and (h), respectively.
Amendment by Puspan. L. 102–385 effective 60 days after Oct. 5, 1992, see section 28 of Puspan. L. 102–385, set out as a note under section 325 of this title.
Section effective 60 days after Oct. 30, 1984, except where otherwise expressly provided, see section 9(a) of Puspan. L. 98–549, set out as a note under section 521 of this title.