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vider will immediately notify the franchising author-
ity of any material changes in that information dur-
ing the franchise term. 
‘‘(c) PROVISIONS TO BE SUPPLIED.—The franchise 
application form shall include only the following blank 
spaces to be filled in by the video service provider and the 
franchising authority, as appropriate: 
‘‘(1) The name of the video service provider. 
‘‘(2) The name and business address of each di-
rector and principal executive officer. 
‘‘(3) A point of contact for the video service pro-
vider. 
‘‘(4) A point of contact for the franchising au-
thority. 
‘‘(5) The franchise fee percentage under section 
622(b)(1). 
‘‘(6) Any fee percentage that may be assessed 
under section 622(b)(4). 
‘‘(7) The period during which the franchising 
agreement shall be in effect. 
‘‘(8) The public, educational, or governmental 
capacity to be provided. 
‘‘(9) The physical location of the headend. 
‘‘(10) A description of the video service to be pro-
vided. 
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‘‘(11) Signatures. 
‘‘(12) Dates for each signature.’’. 
SEC. 314. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 602 (47 U.S.C. 522) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘cable system’’ in paragraphs (1) 
and (9) and inserting ‘‘video service system’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘regulation);’’ in paragraph (4) 
and inserting ‘‘regulation) or its equivalent (as deter-
mined by the Commission).’’; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (11) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(11A) HEADEND.—The term ‘headend’ means 
the headend of a cable system or its equivalent as de-
termined by the Commission.’’; 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (12) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(12A) INSTITUTIONAL
NETWORK.—The term 
‘institutional network’ means a communication net-
work constructed by a cable operator that is generally 
available only to subscribers who are not residential 
subscribers.’’; 
(5) by striking ‘‘cable operator’’ in paragraph 
(14) and inserting ‘‘video service provider’’; 
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(6) by inserting after paragraph (16) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(16A) SATELLITE CARRIER.—The term ‘satellite 
carrier’ means an entity that uses the facilities of a 
satellite or satellite service licensed by the Commis-
sion and operates in the Fixed-Satellite Service under 
part 25 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or 
the Direct Broadcast Satellite Service under part 100 
of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, to establish 
and operate a channel of communications for point- 
to-multipoint distribution of television station sig-
nals, and that owns or leases capacity or service on 
a satellite in order to provide such point-to- 
multipoint distribution, except to the extent that such 
entity provides such distribution pursuant to tariff 
under this Act, for purposes other than for private 
home viewing.’’; 
(7) by striking ‘‘cable service’’ in paragraph (17) 
and inserting ‘‘video service’’; 
(8) by striking ‘‘cable operator’’ each place it ap-
pears in paragraph (17) and inserting ‘‘video service 
provider’’; and 
(9) by inserting after paragraph (20) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(24) VIDEO SERVICE.—The term ‘video service’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) the transmission to subscribers of— 
‘‘(i) video programming; 
‘‘(ii) interactive on-demand service; or 
‘‘(iii) other programming service; and 
‘‘(B) subscriber interaction, if any, required 
for the selection or use of such video program-
ming, interactive on-demand service, or other 
programming service regardless of the trans-
mission technology used and regardless of how 
the subscriber interacts with the service. 
‘‘(25) VIDEO
SERVICE
PROVIDER.—The term 
‘video service provider’— 
‘‘(A) means a facilities-based (as determined 
by the Commission) provider of video service 
that utilizes a public right-of-way in the provi-
sion of such service (including cable operators 
and providers offering open video systems under 
section 653), regardless of the transmission tech-
nology used and regardless of how the subscriber 
interacts with the service; but 
‘‘(B) does not include any person to the ex-
tent that the person is providing— 
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‘‘(i) satellite service, including if such 
service is bundled with, or offered in con-
junction with, an Internet access service or 
other broadband capability; 
‘‘(ii) video programming using radio 
communication directly to the recipient’s 
premises; or 
‘‘(iii) service via commercial mobile 
service (as defined in section 332(d)).’’. 
(b) STYLISTIC CONSISTENCY.—Section 602 (47 U.S.C. 
522), as amended by subsection (a), is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘title—’’ and inserting ‘‘title:’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (20) 
as paragraphs (1) through (23); 
(3) by striking the semicolon at the end of each 
such paragraph and inserting a period; and 
(4) by striking ‘‘Commission; and’’ in paragraph 
(22), as redesignated, and inserting ‘‘Commission.’’; 
(5) except in paragraphs (12), (14), and (19), as 
redesignated— 
(A) by inserting after the designation of 
each such paragraph a heading, in a form con-
sistent with the form of the heading of para-
graphs (24) and (25), as added by subsection (a) 
of this section consisting of the term defined by 
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