United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 2821 (110th)
Television Freedom Act of 2007
Introduced
21 June 2007
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Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
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14 August 2025
Summary
Television Freedom Act of 2007 - Requires statutory licensing for a satellite carrier's secondary transmission into a television broadcast station's adjacent market if the satellite carrier also makes secondary transmissions into that adjacent market of the adjacent market's television broadcast stations. Defines "adjacent market," for both commercial and noncommercial television broadcast stations, as a market area adjacent to, and at least partially in the same state as, the designated market area in which the station is located. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to allow such secondary transmissions. Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revise related regulations concerning network nonduplication protection, syndicated exclusivity protection, and sports blackout protection to permit such retransmission.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 21 June 2007
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 21 June 2007
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 21 June 2007
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/2821
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2821