Teleprompter’s transmissions extended to people who would ordinarily be unable to receive the broadcasts due to the far distance between the viewer and broadcast station.100 Thus,Teleprompter’s service went beyond what Fortnightly offered.101Again considering the viewer–performer line, the Supreme Courtfound that receiving and rechanneling broadcast signals was aviewer function because Teleprompter did not change the
programming, and the signals were for simultaneous viewing.102When broadcast companies send out electronic signals to thepublic, they permit any member of the public with the means toreceive the signal to convert the signals into sights and sounds.103Thus, the combination of Telepromter’s viewer function andpublic access of broadcast TV made the performancenoninfringing