---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 25.601"
title: "47"
number: "25.601"
heading: "Equal employment opportunities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/25.601"
---

# §25.601. Equal employment opportunities.


Notwithstanding other EEO provisions within these rules, an entity that uses an owned or leased Fixed-Satellite Service or Direct Broadcast Satellite Service or 17/24 GHz Broadcasting-Satellite Service facility (operating under this part) to provide video programming directly to the public on a subscription basis must comply with the equal employment opportunity requirements set forth in [part 76](/cfr/47/part76.md), [subpart E](/cfr/47/subpartE.md), of this chapter, if such entity exercises control (as defined in [part 76](/cfr/47/part76.md), [subpart E](/cfr/47/subpartE.md), of this chapter) over the video programming it distributes. Notwithstanding other EEO provisions within these rules, a licensee or permittee of a direct broadcast satellite station operating as a broadcaster, and a licensee or permittee in the satellite DARS service, must comply with the equal employment opportunity requirements set forth in [47 CFR part 73](/cfr/47/part73.md).


## Notes

### Amendments

[72 FR 50033, Aug. 29, 2007, as amended at 78 FR 8431, Feb. 6, 2013; 81 FR 10122, Feb. 29, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302, 303, 307, 309, 310, 319, 332, 605, and 721, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[72 FR 50033, Aug. 29, 2007, as amended at 78 FR 8431, Feb. 6, 2013; 81 FR 10122, Feb. 29, 2016]