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Antitrust Video Competition Improvement Act of 1998

Introduced: March 26, 1998 See on congress.gov
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Mar 26, 1998
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 26, 1998
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Antitrust Video Competition Improvement Act of 1998 - Provides that it shall be sufficient evidence in a civil action to establish a presumption of a violation of section 1 (trusts in restraint of trade), 2 (monopolizing trade), or 3 (trusts in the Territories or the District of Columbia) of the Sherman Act that a multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) with market power in a particular market has: (1) acted by means of an exclusive contract to prevent a MVPD competitor in that market from obtaining particular video programming from any person; and (2) obtained particular video programming from any person on terms and conditions other than terms justified by demonstrable cost differentials that are more favorable than those offered by such person to another MVPD competitor.

What's happening now March 26, 1998

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1