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FCC 76.120
Revised as of October 1, 2011
Goto Year:2010 |
2012
§ 76.120 Network non-duplication protection, syndicated exclusivity and
sports blackout rules for satellite carriers: Definitions.
For purposes of § § 76.122-76.130, the following definitions apply:
(a) Satellite carrier. The term "satellite carrier" means an entity
that uses the facilities of a satellite or satellite service licensed
by the Federal Communications Commission and operates in the
Fixed-Satellite Service under part 25 of title 47 of the Code of
Federal Regulations or the Direct Broadcast Satellite Service under
part 100 of title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations, to establish
and operate a channel of communications for point-to-multipoint
distribution of television station signals, and that owns or leases a
capacity or service on a satellite in order to provide such
point-to-multipoint distribution, except to the extent that such entity
provides such distribution pursuant to tariff under the Communications
Act of 1934, other than for private home viewing.
(b) Nationally distributed superstation. The term "nationally
distributed superstation" means a television broadcast station,
licensed by the Commission, that--
(1) Is not owned or operated by or affiliated with a television network
that, as of January 1, 1995, offered interconnected program service on
a regular basis for 15 or more hours per week to at least 25 affiliated
television licensees in 10 or more States;
(2) On May 1, 1991, was retransmitted by a satellite carrier and was
not a network station at that time; and
(3) Was, as of July 1, 1998, retransmitted by a satellite carrier under
the statutory license of Section 119 of title 17, United States Code.
(c) Television network. The term "television network" means a
television network in the United States which offers an interconnected
program service on a regular basis for 15 or more hours per week to at
least 25 affiliated broadcast stations in 10 or more States.
(d) Network station. The term "network station" means--
(1) A television broadcast station, including any translator station or
terrestrial satellite station that rebroadcasts all or substantially
all of the programming broadcast by a network station, that is owned or
operated by, or affiliated with, one or more of the television networks
in the United States which offer an interconnected program service on a
regular basis for 15 or more hours per week to at least 25 of its
affiliated television licensees in 10 or more States; or
(2) A noncommercial educational broadcast station (as defined in
Section 397 of the Communications Act of 1934); except that the term
does not include the signal of the Alaska Rural Communications Service,
or any successor entity to that service.
(e) Zone of protection. The term "zone of protection" means--
(1) With respect to network non-duplication, the zone of protection
within which the television station is entitled to enforce network
non-duplication protection shall be that geographic area agreed upon
between the network and the television station. In no event shall such
rights exceed the area within which the television station may acquire
broadcast territorial exclusivity rights as defined in § 73.658(m) of
this Chapter, except that small market television stations shall be
entitled to a secondary protection zone of 32.2 additional kilometers
(20 additional miles). To the extent rights are obtained for any
hyphenated market named in § 76.51, such rights shall not exceed those
permitted under § 73.658(m) of this Chapter for each named community in
that market.
(2) With respect to each syndicated program, the zone of protection
within which the television station is entitled to enforce syndicated
exclusivity rights shall be that geographic area agreed upon between
the non-network program supplier, producer or distributor and the
television station. In no event shall such zone exceed the area within
which the television station has acquired broadcast territorial
exclusivity rights as defined in § 73.658(m) of this Chapter. To the
extent rights are obtained for any hyphenated market named in § 76.51,
such rights shall not exceed those permitted under § 73.658(m) of this
chapter for each named community in that market.
(3) With respect to sports blackout, the zone of protection is the
"specified zone" of a television broadcast station, as defined in
§ 76.5(e). If there is no television station licensed to the community
in which the sports event is taking place, the applicable specified
zone shall be that of the television station licensed to the community
with which the sports event or team is identified, or, if the event or
local team is not identified with any particular community, the nearest
community to which a television station is licensed.
Goto Section: 76.111 | 76.122
Goto Year: 2010 |
2012
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