Sec. 76.1301  Prohibited practices.

    (a) Financial interest. No cable operator or other multichannel 
video programming distributor shall require a financial interest in any 
program service as a condition for carriage on one or more of such 
operator's/provider's systems.
    (b) Exclusive rights. No cable operator or other multichannel video 
programming distributor shall coerce any video programming vendor to 
provide, or retaliate against such a vendor for failing to provide, 
exclusive rights against any other multichannel video programming 
distributor as a condition for carriage on a system.
    (c) Discrimination. No multichannel video programming distributor 
shall engage in conduct the effect of which is to unreasonably restrain 
the ability of an unaffiliated video programming vendor to compete 
fairly by discriminating in video programming distribution on the basis 
of affiliation or non-affiliation of vendors in the selection, terms, or 
conditions for carriage of video programming provided by such vendors.