47 CFR 76.1712
§ 76.1712 Open video system (OVS) requests for carriage.
United States · 47 CFR — Telecommunication · Status: effective
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- 47 CFR 76.1712, § 76.1712 Open video system (OVS) requests for carriage, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/237244
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An open video system operator shall maintain a file of qualified video programming providers who have requested carriage or additional carriage since the previous allocation of capacity. Information regarding how a video programming provider should apply for carriage must be made available upon request.
An open video system operator will not be required to comply with the regulations contained in this section if there is no open capacity to be allocated at the end of the three year period described in § 76.1503(c)(2)(ii).
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.