Sports Broadcasting Act - Prohibits, pursuant to the Communications Act, any agreement preventing the television broadcast of any professional sports game (except for postseason baseball, basketball, or hockey games) at the same time and in the same place at which such game is to be played, if all the admission tickets which had been available 120 hours before game time were purchased 72 hours or more before game time.
Prohibits the prevention of such broadcasts in the case of professional postseason baseball, basketball, or hockey games if all tickets were sold 24 hours or more before such game.
Defines terms used in this Act.
Measure laid on table in House, S. 2554 passed in lieu.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce.
Reported to Senate from the Committee on Commerce with amendments, S. Rept. 94-510.
Reported to Senate from the Committee on Commerce with amendments, S. Rept. 94-510.
Call of calendar in Senate.
Measure considered in Senate.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Measure passed Senate, amended.
Measure passed Senate, amended.
Measure called up by unanimous consent in House.
Measure considered in House.
Conference scheduled in House.
Passed/agreed to in House: Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 11070.
Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 11070.
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Conference scheduled in Senate.