§ 76.101   Cable syndicated program exclusivity: extent of protection.

   Upon receiving notification pursuant to § 76.105, a cable community unit
   located in whole or in part within the geographic zone for a syndicated
   program, the syndicated exclusivity rights to which are held by a commercial
   television station licensed by the Commission, shall not carry that program
   as broadcast by any other television signal, except as otherwise provided
   below.

   Note: With respect to each syndicated program, the geographic zone within
   which the television station is entitled to enforce syndicated exclusivity
   rights shall be that geographic area agreed upon between the non-network
   program supplier, producer or distributor and 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)  of this Chapter. 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) of this Chapter for each named community in that
   market.

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