noncommercial telecommunications entity
Defined in 1 dictionary — U.S. Code
United States Code
47 U.S.C. § 397 — for the purposes of this part
The term “noncommercial telecommunications entity” means any enterprise which—
(A) is owned and operated by a State, a political or special purpose subdivision of a State, a public agency, or a nonprofit private foundation, corporation, or association; and
(B) has been organized primarily for the purpose of disseminating audio or video noncommercial educational and cultural programs to the public by means other than a primary television or radio broadcast station, including, but not limited to, coaxial cable, optical fiber, broadcast translators, cassettes, discs, microwave, or laser transmission through the atmosphere.