[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR76.128]

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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
                         COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 76_MULTICHANNEL VIDEO AND CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
Subpart F_Network Non-duplication Protection, Syndicated Exclusivity and 
                             Sports Blackout
 
Sec.  76.128  Application of sports blackout rules.

    The cable and satellite sports blackout rules (Sec. Sec.  76.111 and 
76.127) may apply when the sports event is not available live on any of 
the following television broadcast stations carried by a cable system or 
other MVPD:
    (a) Television broadcast stations within whose specified zone the 
community of the community unit or the community within which the 
sporting event is taking place is located, in whole or in part;
    (b) For communities in television markets other than major markets 
as defined in Sec.  76.51, television broadcast stations within whose 
Grade B contours the community of the community unit or the community 
within which the sporting event is taking place is located, in whole or 
in part;
    (c) Television broadcast stations licensed to other designated 
communities which are generally considered to be part of the same 
television market (Example: Burlington, Vt.-Plattsburgh, N.Y. or 
Cincinnati, Ohio-Newport, Ky., television markets);
    (d) Television broadcast stations that are significantly viewed, 
pursuant to Sec.  76.54, in the community unit or community within the 
specified zone.

[65 FR 68101, Nov. 14, 2000, as amended at 67 FR 68951, Nov. 14, 2002]

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