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            When used in this Chapter:

            (1) “Cable service” means the one-way transmission to subscribers of video programming or other programming service and any subscriber interaction required for the selection or use of video programming or other programming service, but shall not include any video programming provided by a commercial mobile service provider.

            (2) “Cable service provider” means any person or entity that provides cable service over a cable system and directly or through one or more affiliates owns a significant interest in that cable system, or who otherwise controls or is responsible for, through any arrangement, the management and operation of that system.

            (3) “Cable system” means a facility consisting of a set of closed transmission paths and associated signal generation, reception, and control equipment that is designed to provide cable service which includes video programming and which is provided to multiple subscribers within a community but does not include the following facilities or systems:

            (a) A facility that serves only to retransmit the television signals of one or more television broadcast stations.

            (b) A facility that serves subscribers without using any public right-of-way.

            (c) A facility of a common carrier which is subject, in whole or in part, to common carrier regulation, except that the facility shall be considered a cable system to the extent the facility is used in the transmission of video programming directly to subscribers, unless the extent of the use is solely to provide interactive on-demand services.

            (d) An open video system to the extent the system is considered under federal law not to be a cable system.

            (e) Any facilities of an electric utility used solely for operating its electric system.

            (4) “Commercial mobile service provider” means an interconnected radio communication service carried on between mobile stations or receivers and land stations, and by mobile stations communicating among themselves, provided for profit and to the public or to a substantial portion of the public.

            (5) “Commission” means the Louisiana Public Service Commission.

            (6) “Video programming” means programming provided by, or generally considered comparable to programming provided by, a television broadcast station.

            (7) “Video service” means any video programming service provided through wireline facilities located at least in part in the public rights-of-way without regard to delivery technology, including internet protocol technology. “Video service” shall not include any video programming provided by a commercial mobile service provider or video programming provided as part of a service that enables users to access content, information, email, or other services offered over the public internet.

            (8) “Video service provider” means any entity providing video service.

            Acts 2020, 2^nd Ex. Sess., No. 42, §1, eff. Dec. 1, 2020.