Sec. 26. SPORTS PROGRAMMING MIGRATION STUDY AND REPORT
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## SEC. 26 SPORTS PROGRAMMING MIGRATION STUDY AND REPORT **[**[47 U.S.C. 521](/us/usc/t47/s521) nt**]** ###
(a)Study Required The Federal Communications Commission shall conduct an ongoing study on the carriage of local, regional, and national sports programming by broadcast stations, cable programming networks, and pay-per-view services. The study shall investigate and analyze, on a sport-by-sport basis, trends in the migration of such programming from carriage by broadcast stations to carriage over cable programming networks and pay-per-view systems, including the economic causes and the economic and social consequences of such trends. ###
(b)Report on Study The Federal Communications Commission shall, on or before July 1, 1993, and July 1, 1994, submit an interim and a final report, respectively, on the results of the study required by subsection
(a)to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. Such reports shall include a statement of the results, on a sport-by-sport basis, of the analysis of the trends required by subsection
(a)and such legislative or regulatory recommendations as the Commission considers appropriate. ###
(c)Analysis of Preclusive Contracts Required ####
(1)Analysis required In conducting the study required by subsection (a), the Commission shall analyze the extent to which preclusive contracts between college athletic conferences and video programming vendors have artificially and unfairly restricted the supply of the sporting events of local colleges for broadcast on local television stations. In conducting such analysis, the Commission shall consult with the Attorney General to determine whether and to what extent such preclusive contracts are prohibited by existing statutes. The reports required by subsection
(b)shall include separate statements of the results of the analysis required by this subsection, together with such recommendations for legislation as the Commission considers necessary and appropriate. ####
(2)Definition For purposes of the subsection, the term “**preclusive contract**” includes any contract that prohibits— #####
(A)the live broadcast by a local television station of a sporting event of a local college team that is not carried, on a live basis, by any cable system within the local community served by such local television station; or #####
(B)the delayed broadcast by a local television station of a sporting event of a local college team that is not carried, on a live or delayed basis, by any cable system within the local community served by such local television station.
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