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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · S. 1721 (Introduced in Senate) — To decrease the frequency of sports blackouts, to require the application of the antitrust laws to Major League Baseb... · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Amendments to the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961

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Section 1 of the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 ( 15 U.S.C. 1291 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The antitrust exemption established under this section shall not apply to any league of clubs participating in professional football, baseball, basketball, or hockey contests that does not expressly prohibit sponsored telecast licensees of such league, and any agreement with any video licensee, from intentionally removing the live content of such league from a multichannel video programming distributor (as defined in section 602 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( . 47 U.S.C. 522 )), when such removal occurs during or is related to a negotiation regarding carriage of the games of such league by the multichannel video programming distributor.
Section 2 of the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 ( 15 U.S.C. 1292 ) is amended by striking , except within the home territory of a member club of the league on a day when such club is playing a game at home . The Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 is amended— by redesignating sections 4 through 6 as sections 5 through 7, respectively; and by inserting after section 3 the following: The antitrust exemption established under section 1 of this Act shall not apply to any league of clubs participating in professional football, baseball, basketball, or hockey contests that does not make a sponsored telecast of a covered game available to consumers, for a fee or otherwise, using an Internet platform, in any territory in which the game is not available for private viewing through a local television broadcast station or any available multichannel video programming distributor.
For purposes of this section— the term covered game means a game that— is played in the home territory of a member club of a league described in subsection (a); and is not available for private viewing through a local television broadcast station or any available multichannel video programming distributor; the term multichannel video programming distributor has the meaning given the term in section 602 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 522 ); the term television broadcast station has the meaning given the term in section 325(b)(7) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 325(b)(7) ); and the term Internet platform means a delivery mechanism that uses packet-switched protocol or any successor technology. .
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Amendments to the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961
U.S.C.§ 1291
U.S.C.§ 522
U.S.C.§ 1292
U.S.C.§ 325
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