§  76.1301   Prohibited practices.

   (a) Financial interest. No cable operator or other multichannel video
   programming distributor shall require a financial interest in any
   program service as a condition for carriage on one or more of such
   operator's/provider's systems.

   (b) Exclusive rights. No cable operator or other multichannel video
   programming distributor shall coerce any video programming vendor to
   provide, or retaliate against such a vendor for failing to provide,
   exclusive rights against any other multichannel video programming
   distributor as a condition for carriage on a system.

   (c) Discrimination. No multichannel video programming distributor shall
   engage in conduct the effect of which is to unreasonably restrain the
   ability of an unaffiliated video programming vendor to compete fairly
   by discriminating in video programming distribution on the basis of
   affiliation or non-affiliation of vendors in the selection, terms, or
   conditions for carriage of video programming provided by such vendors.

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