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FCC 76.1004
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 76.1004 Applicability of program access rules to common carriers and
affiliates.
(a) Any provision that applies to a cable operator under § § 76.1000 through
76.1003 shall also apply to a common carrier or its affiliate that provides
video programming by any means directly to subscribers. Any such provision
that applies to a satellite cable programming vendor in which a cable
operator has an attributable interest shall apply to any satellite cable
programming vendor in which such common carrier has an attributable
interest. For the purposes of this section, two or fewer common officers or
directors shall not by itself establish an attributable interest by a common
carrier in a satellite cable programming vendor (or its parent company) or a
terrestrial cable programming vendor (or its parent company).
(b) Sections 76.1002(c)(1) through (3) shall be applied to a common carrier
or its affiliate that provides video programming by any means directly to
subscribers as follows: No common carrier or its affiliate that provides
video programming directly to subscribers shall engage in any practice or
activity or enter into any understanding or arrangement, including exclusive
contracts, with a satellite cable programming vendor or satellite broadcast
programming vendor for satellite cable programming or satellite broadcast
programming that prevents a multichannel video programming distributor from
obtaining such programming from any satellite cable programming vendor in
which a common carrier or its affiliate has an attributable interest, or any
satellite broadcasting vendor in which a common carrier or its affiliate has
an attributable interest for distribution to persons in areas not served by
a cable operator as of October 5, 1992.
[ 61 FR 18980 , Apr. 30, 1996, as amended at 61 FR 28708 , June 5, 1996; 75 FR 9724 , Mar. 3, 2010; 77 FR 66048 , Oct. 31, 2012]
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Goto Section: 76.1003 | 76.1200
Goto Year: 2014 |
2016
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