satellite carrier
(2) This subsection shall not apply— (A) to retransmission of the signal of a noncommercial television broadcast station; (B) to retransmission of the signal of a television broadcast station outside the station’s local market by a satellite carrier directly to its subscribers, if— (i) such station was a superstation on May 1, 1991 ; (ii) as of July 1, 1998 , such station was retransmitted by a satellite carrier under the statutory license of section 119 of title 17 ; and (iii) the satellite carrier complies with any network nonduplication, syndicated exclusivity, and sports blackout rules adopted by the Commission under section 339(b) of this title ; (C) to retransmission of the signals of network stations directly to a home satellite antenna under the statutory license of section 119 of title 17 ; (D) to retransmission by a cable operator or other multichannel video provider, other than a satellite carrier, of the signal of a television broadcast station outside the station’s local market if such signal was obtained from a satellite carrier and— (i) the originating station was a superstation on May 1, 1991 ; and (ii) as of July 1, 1998 , such station was retransmitted by a satellite carrier under the statutory license of section 119 of title 17 ; or (E) during the 6-month period beginning on November 29, 1999 , to the retransmission of the signal of a television broadcast station within the station’s local market by a satellite carrier directly to its subscribers under the statutory license of section 122 of title 17 . For purposes of this paragraph, the terms “satellite carrier” and “superstation” have the meanings given those terms, respectively, in section 119(d) of title 17 , as in effect on October 5, 1992 .