antisiphoning

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1) Preventing pay TV broadcasters from buying monopoly rights to televise important and culturally significant events before free-to-air television has a chance to bid on them.
 * 2) * United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (page 83)
 * [W]ould it be your view that the antisiphoning regulation enunciated by the Commission 2 years ago, should be strengthened to prevent any sliding over into pay cable?