Goto Section: 73.644 | 73.653 | Table of Contents
FCC 73.646
Revised as of October 1, 2008
Goto Year:2007 |
2009
Sec. 73.646 Telecommunications Service on the Vertical Blanking Interval and in
the Visual Signal.
(a) Telecommunications services permitted on the vertical blanking interval
(VBI) and in the visual signal include the transmission of data, processed
information, or any other communication in either a digital or analog mode.
(b) Telecommunications service on the VBI and in the visual signal is of an
ancillary nature and as such is an elective, subsidiary activity. No service
guidelines, limitations, or performance standards are applied to it. The
kinds of service that may be provided include, but are not limited to,
teletext, paging, computer software and bulk data distribution, and aural
messages. Such services may be provided on a broadcast, point-to-point, or
point to multipoint basis.
(c) Telecommunications services that are common carrier in nature are
subject to common carrier regulation. Licensees operating such services are
required to apply to the Commission for the appropriate authorization and to
comply with all policies and rules applicable to the particular service.
(d) Television licensees are authorized to lease their VBI and visual signal
telecommunications facilities to outside parties. In all arrangements
entered into with outside parties affecting telecommunications service
operation, the licensee or permittee must retain control over all material
transmitted in a broadcast mode via the station's facilities, with the right
to reject any material that it deems inappropriate or undesirable. The
licensee or permittee is also responsible for all aspects of technical
operation involving such telecommunications services.
(e) The grant or renewal of a TV station license or permit will not be
furthered or promoted by proposed or past VBI or visual signal
telecommunications service operation; the licensee must establish that its
broadcast operation serves the public interest wholly apart from such
telecommunications service activities. (Violation of rules applicable to VBI
and visual signal telecommunications services could, of course, reflect on a
licensee's qualifications to hold its license or permit.)
(f) TV broadcast stations are authorized to transmit VBI and visual
telecommunications service signals during any time period, including
portions of the day when normal programming is not broadcast. Such
transmissions must be in accordance with the technical provisions of
Sec. 73.682.
[ 50 FR 4663 , Feb. 1, 1985, as amended at 50 FR 9035 , Mar. 6, 1985; 61 FR 36304 , July 10, 1996]
Goto Section: 73.644 | 73.653
Goto Year: 2007 |
2009
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