FCC Web Documents citing 76.103

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  • (or 55 miles in smaller markets), which extends from the reference point of the community of license of the television station. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.658(m), 76.53, and 76.92 Note. 47 C.F.R. §76.122, 124. The FCC's definition of ``nationally distributed superstation'' can be found at 47 C.F.R. §76.120. 47 C.F.R. §76.101-110, §76.120 and §76.123-125. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 76.101 and 76.103. The Commission's rules provide such protection within a station's 35-mile geographic zone, which extends from the reference point of the community of license of the television station. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.658(m), 76.53, and 76.101 Note. 47 C.F.R. §76.111, §76.120, §76.127-130. 47 C.F.R. §76.128. See 47 U.S.C. Sections 339 and 340, as amended by Sections 202 and 204 of the
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  • NBC Comments at 6-8. Amendment of Parts 73 and 76 of the Commission's Rules Related to Program Exclusivity in the Cable and Broadcast Industries, 3 FCC Rcd 5299, 5316, 5319 ¶¶ 104, 118 (1988) (``1988 Program Exclusivity Order''), recon. denied in pertinent part, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 4 FCC Rcd 2711 (1989) (``1989 Program Exclusivity Order''). 47 C.F.R. §§ 76.93, 76.103, 76.122(b), 76.123(b)-(c), 76.124. Sections 73.658(b) and (m) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.658(b), (m), limit the geographic area of the exclusive territory that licensed commercial television stations can obtain from a network or non-network program supplier. The extent to which must carry stations rely on the network non-duplication and syndicated exclusivity rules may be limited because of rules
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  • 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). 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) for each named community in that market. § 76.103 Parties entitled to syndicated exclusivity. (a) Television broadcast station licensees shall be entitled to exercise exclusivity rights pursuant to § 76.101 in accordance with the contractual provisions of their syndicated program license agreements, consistent with § 76.109. (b) Distributors of syndicated programming shall be entitled to exercise exclusive rights pursuant to § 76.101 for a period of one year from
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  • network-affiliate relationship. See supra ¶ 20 (discussing the arguments of NBC and the Network Affiliates). We note that the issue of retransmission consent generally, and the impact of network affiliation agreements on retransmission consent specifically, is more squarely raised in a petition for rulemaking pending before the Commission. See Petition for Rulemaking to Amend 47 C.F.R. §§ 76.64, 76.93, and 76.103: Retransmission Consent, Network Non-Duplication, and Syndicated Exclusivity, RM 11203 (filed March 2, 2005). In addition Section 208 of the SHVERA requires the Commission to complete an inquiry and report to Congress regarding how the retransmission consent, network non-duplication, syndicated exclusivity and sports blackout rules impact MVPD competition, including the ability of rural cable operators to compete with satellite carriers in
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  • Section 202 of the SHVERA. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 76.92 and 76.93. The Commission's rules provide stations such protection within a 35-mile geographic zone (or 55 miles in smaller markets), which extends from the reference point of the community of license of the television station. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.658(m), 76.53, and 76.92 Note. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 76.101 and 76.103. The Commission's rules provide such protection within a station's 35-mile geographic zone, which extends from the reference point of the community of license of the television station. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.658(m), 76.53, and 76.101 Note. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 76.92(f) and 76.106(a). See KCST, 103 FCC 2d 407. In KCST, the Commission held that in order to obtain a
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  • Rcd at 5458; 47 C.F.R. § 76.65(b)(2). 47 C.F.R. § 76.65(b)(1)(iv). Good Faith Order, 15 FCC Rcd at 5463, ¶ 43. American Cable Association's Petition for Inquiry into Retransmission Consent Practices (filed October 1, 2002). This petition will be placed in the record of this proceeding. ACA also filed a ``Petition for Rulemaking to Amend 47 CFR §§ 76.64,76.93 and 76.103'' on March 2, 2005, which asserted that competition and consumers are harmed when broadcasters use exclusivity and network affiliate agreements to extract ``supracomepetitive prices'' for retransmission consent from small cable companies. See Public Notice, Report No. 2696, RM-11203 (March 17, 2005). We note that that in its Retransmission Consent and Exclusivity Rules: Report to Congress Pursuant to Section 208 of
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  • regional sports networks this year, including Channel 4 San Diego, MountainWest Sports Net, SportsNet New York, and SportTime Ohio. We also note that TurnerSouth changed its name to SportsSouth. A dispute over carriage of sports programming arose following the Commission's approval of the Adelphia transaction. On August 1, 2006, NFL Enterprises filed a petition alleging that Time Warner violated Section 76.103 of the rules by dropping the NFL Network from cable systems that it had recently acquired from Adelphia and Comcast without the requisite 30-days' notice. On August 3, 2006, the Commission instructed Time Warner to reinstate carriage of the NFL Network on all of its newly acquired systems, on a temporary basis, until the NFL's petition could be resolved on
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  • that, while the network non-duplication and syndicated exclusivity rules ``certainly exacerbate the problems surrounding existing retransmission consent negotiations . . . the Commission should focus first and foremost on the brinkmanship that causes consumer harm in the first place.''); Verizon Reply at 2, 11. In addition, ACA filed a ``Petition for Rulemaking to Amend 47 C.F.R. §§ 76.64, 76.93 and 76.103'' on March 2, 2005 (``ACA's 2005 Petition''), asserting that competition and consumers are harmed when broadcasters use exclusivity and network affiliation agreements to extract ``supracompetitive prices'' for retransmission consent from small cable companies. See Public Notice, Report No. 2696, RM-11203 (Mar. 17, 2005). We hereby incorporate in this proceeding by reference ACA's 2005 Petition, as well as the comments filed
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  • Opportunity Requirements [25]76.71 Scope of application. [26]76.73 General EEO policy. [27]76.75 EEO program requirements. [28]76.77 Reporting requirements. [29]76.79 Records available for public inspection. Subpart F -- Network Non-duplication Protection, Syndicated Exclusivity and Sports Blackout [30]76.92 Cable network non-duplication; extent of protection. [31]76.93 Parties entitled to network non-duplication protection. [32]76.94 Notification. [33]76.95 Exceptions. [34]76.101 Cable syndicated program exclusivity: extent of protection. [35]76.103 Parties entitled to syndicated exclusivity. [36]76.105 Notification. [37]76.106 Exceptions. [38]76.107 Exclusivity contracts. [39]76.108 Indemnification contracts. [40]76.109 Requirements for invocation of protection. [41]76.110 Substitutions. [42]76.111 Cable sports blackout. [43]76.120 Network non-duplication protection, syndicated exclusivity and sports blackout rules for satellite carriers: Definitions. [44]76.122 Satellite network non-duplication. [45]76.123 Satellite syndicated program exclusivity. [46]76.124 Requirements for invocation of protection. [47]76.125 Indemnification contracts. [48]76.127
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  • § 76.75 Specific EEO program requirements. § 76.77 Reporting requirements and enforcement. § 76.79 Records available for public inspection. Subpart F-Network Non-duplication Protection, Syndicated Exclusivity and Sports Blackout § 76.92 Cable network non-duplication; extent of protection. § 76.93 Parties entitled to network non-duplication protection. § 76.94 Notification. § 76.95 Exceptions. § 76.101 Cable syndicated program exclusivity: extent of protection. § 76.103 Parties entitled to syndicated exclusivity. § 76.105 Notification. § 76.106 Exceptions. § 76.107 Exclusivity contracts. § 76.108 Indemnification contracts. § 76.109 Requirements for invocation of protection. § 76.110 Substitutions. § 76.111 Cable sports blackout. § 76.120 Network non-duplication protection, syndicated exclusivity and sports blackout rules for satellite carriers: Definitions. § 76.122 Satellite network non-duplication. § 76.123 Satellite syndicated program exclusivity.