---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 76.103"
title: "47"
number: "76.103"
heading: "Parties entitled to syndicated exclusivity."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/76.103"
---

# §76.103. Parties entitled to syndicated exclusivity.

- (a) Television broadcast station licensees shall be entitled to exercise exclusivity rights pursuant to [§ 76.101](/cfr/47/76.101.md) in accordance with the contractual provisions of their syndicated program license agreements, consistent with [§ 76.109](/cfr/47/76.109.md).
- (b) Distributors of syndicated programming shall be entitled to exercise exclusive rights pursuant to [§ 76.101](/cfr/47/76.101.md) for a period of one year from the initial broadcast syndication licensing of such programming anywhere in the United States; provided, however, that distributors shall not be entitled to exercise such rights in areas in which the programming has already been licensed.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 65 FR 68101, Nov. 14, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 153, 154, 301, 302, 302a, 303, 303a, 307, 308, 309, 312, 315, 317, 325, 335, 338, 339, 340, 341, 503, 521, 522, 531, 532, 534, 535, 536, 537, 543, 544, 544a, 545, 548, 549, 552, 554, 556, 558, 560, 561, 562, 571, 572, 573.

### Source

Source: 37 FR 3278, Feb. 12, 1972, unless otherwise noted.