[20181220]IF11053_第116届国会的有线和卫星电视问题.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov December 20, 2018Cable and Satellite Television Issues in the 116th CongressMore than 119 million U.S. households watch television. Of those, more than three-quarters receive television signals via cable, telephone lines, or direct broadcast satellite. Federal laws govern which broadcast signals subscribers to these services can view. The laws also govern the compensation that owners of copyrighted programming carried on certain broadcast signals can receive and the negotiations between broadcasters and cable and satellite operators for the right to retransmit broadcast signals. Some of these provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 and the Copyright Act, most recently revised in 2014 in the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act Reauthorization Act (STELAR Act; P.L. 113-200), are set to expire at the end of 2019. As Congress considers whether to renew these provisions or otherwise revise communications and copyright laws, technological, consumer, and business forces are reshaping the television industry. Background There are two primary ways for a household to receive broadcast television programs: by using an individual antenna that re