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‘‘(A)(i) the one-way transmission to sub-
scribers of (I) video programming, or (II) other 
programming service; and 
‘‘(ii) subscriber interaction, if any, which is 
required for the selection or use of such video 
programming or other programming service; or 
‘‘(B) the transmission to subscribers of 
video programming or other programming serv-
ice provided through wireline facilities located 
at least in part in the public rights-of-way, 
without regard to delivery technology, including 
Internet protocol technology, except to the ex-
tent that such video programming or other pro-
gramming service is provided as part of— 
‘‘(i) a commercial mobile service (as 
such term is defined in section 332(d)); or 
‘‘(ii) an Internet access service (as 
such term is defined in section 630(p));’’; 
(4) in paragraph (7)(D), by inserting after 
‘‘section 653 of this title’’ the following; ‘‘except in 
a franchise area in which such system is used to 
provide cable service under a national franchise pur-
suant to section 630’’; 
(5) in paragraph (9)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘means’’; and 
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(B) by inserting before the semicolon at 
the end the following: ‘‘; and (B) a national 
franchise that is effective under section 630 on 
the basis of a certification with the Commis-
sion’’; and 
(6) in paragraph (10), by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, but does not 
include the Commission with respect to a national 
franchise under section 630’’. 
SEC. 103. MONITORING AND REPORTING. 
(a) REPORT ON CABLE SERVICE DEPLOYMENT.— 
The Federal Communications Commission shall, com-
mencing not later than one year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, issue a report annually on the deploy-
ment of cable service pursuant to the amendments made 
by this title. In its report, the Commission shall describe 
in detail— 
(1) with respect to deployment by new cable op-
erators— 
(A) the progress of deployment of such 
service within the telephone service area of 
cable operators, if the operator is also an in-
cumbent local exchange carrier, including a 
comparison with the progress of deployment of 
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broadband services not defined as cable services 
within such telephone service area; 
(B) the number of franchise areas in which 
such service is being deployed and offered; 
(C) where such service is not being de-
ployed and offered; and 
(D) the number and locations of franchise 
areas in which the cable operator is serving only 
a portion of the franchise area, and the extent 
of such service within the franchise area; 
(2) the number and locations of franchise areas 
in which a cable operator with a franchise under sec-
tion 621 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 541) on the date of enactment of this Act 
withdraws service from any portion of the franchise 
area for which it previously offered service, and the 
extent of such withdrawal of service within the fran-
chise area; 
(3) the rates generally charged for cable service; 
(4) the rates charged by overlapping, competing 
multichannel video programming distributors and by 
competing cable operators for comparable service or 
cable service; 
(5) the average household income of those fran-
chise areas or portions of franchise areas where 
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cable services is being offered, and the average 
household income of those franchise areas, or por-
tions of franchise areas, where cable service is not 
being offered; 
(6) the proportion of rural households to urban 
households, as defined by the Bureau of the Census, 
in those franchise areas or portions of franchise 
areas where cable service is being offered, and the 
proportion of rural households to urban households 
in those franchise areas or portions of franchise 
areas where cable service is not being offered, in-
cluding a State-by-State breakdown of such data 
and a comparison with the overall ratio of rural and 
urban households in each State; and 
(7) a comparison of the services and rates in 
areas served by national franchisees under section 
630 of the Communications Act of 1934 (as added 
by section 101 of this Act) and the services and 
rates in other areas. 
(b) CABLE OPERATOR REPORTS.—The Federal Com-
munications Commission is authorized— 
(1) to require cable operators to report to the 
Commission all of the information that the Commis-
sion needs to compile the report required by this sec-
tion; and 
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