[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 47CFR76.60]



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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

                    CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

                         COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

 

PART 76_MULTICHANNEL VIDEO AND CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE--Table of Contents

 

           Subpart D_Carriage of Television Broadcast Signals

 

Sec. 76.60  Compensation for carriage.



    A cable operator is prohibited from accepting or requesting monetary 

payment or other valuable consideration in exchange either for carriage 

or channel positioning of any broadcast television station carried in 

fulfillment of the must-carry requirements, except that

    (a) Any such station may be required to bear the costs associated 

with delivering a good quality signal or a baseband video signal to the 

principal headend of the cable system; or

    (b) A cable operator may accept payments from stations which would 

be considered distant signals under the cable compulsory copyright 

license, 17 U.S.C. 111, as indemnification for any increased copyright 

liability resulting from carriage of such signal.



    Note: A cable operator may continue to accept monetary payment or 

other valuable consideration in exchange for carriage or channel 

positioning of the signal of any local commercial television station 

carried in fulfillment of the must-carry requirements, through, but not 

beyond, the date of expiration of an agreement between a cable operator 

and a local commercial television station entered into prior to June 26, 

1990.



    (c) A cable operator may accept payments from stations pursuant to a 

retransmission consent agreement, even if such station will be counted 

towards the must-carry complement, as long as all other applicable rules 

are adhered to.



[58 FR 17362, Apr. 2, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 62345, Dec. 5, 1994]



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