television broadcast station
(7) For purposes of this subsection, the term— (A) “network station” has the meaning given such term under section 119(d) of title 17 ; (B) “television broadcast station” means an over-the-air commercial or noncommercial television broadcast station licensed by the Commission under subpart E of part 73 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations , except that such term does not include a low-power or translator television station; (C) “qualified MVPD buying group” means an entity that, with respect to a negotiation with a large station group for retransmission consent under this section— (i) negotiates on behalf of two or more multichannel video programming distributors— (I) none of which is a multichannel video programming distributor that serves more than 500,000 subscribers nationally; and (II) that do not collectively serve more than 25 percent of all households served by a multichannel video programming distributor in any single local market in which the applicable large station group operates; and (ii) negotiates agreements for such retransmission consent— (I) that contain standardized contract provisions, including billing structures and technical quality standards, for each multichannel video programming distributor on behalf of which the entity negotiates; and (II) under which the entity assumes liability to remit to the applicable large station group all fees received from the multichannel video programming distributors on behalf of which the entity negotiates; (D) “large station group” means a group of television broadcast stations that— (i) are directly or indirectly under common de jure control permitted by the regulations of the Commission; (ii) generally negotiate agreements for retransmission consent under this section as a single entity; and (iii) include only television broadcast stations that have a national audience reach of more than 20 percent; (E) “local market” has the meaning given such term in section 122(j) of title 17 ; and (F) “multichannel video programming distributor” has the meaning given such term in section 522 of this title .