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HR 2821 110th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Administrative procedure Direct broadcast satellites Federal Communications Commission Government Operations and Politics Independent regulatory commissions Law Sports and Recreation Television broadcasting Television broadcasting of sports Television relay systems Television stations

Television Freedom Act of 2007

Introduced: June 21, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Jun 21, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Jun 21, 2007
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 21, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now June 21, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Republican 1
D
Carson, André
Indiana · Jun 5, 2008
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jul 30, 2007
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jul 19, 2007
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Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Jul 19, 2007
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jun 25, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2821: Television Freedom Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2821/
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"H.R. 2821: Television Freedom Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2821/.
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H.R. 2821, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2821/.
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