short market
Defined in 1 dictionary — U.S. Code
United States Code
17 U.S.C. § 119 — as used in this section (6 versions over time)
The term “short market” means a local market in which programming of one or more of the four most widely viewed television networks nationwide is not offered on either the primary stream or multicast stream transmitted by any network station in that market or is temporarily or permanently unavailable as a result of an act of god 2 or other force majeure event beyond the control of the carrier.
17 U.S.C. § 119 — as used in this section (2 versions over time)
For purposes of this paragraph, the term “short market” means a local market in which programming of one or more of the four most widely viewed television networks nationwide as measured on the date of the enactment of this subsection is not offered on the primary stream transmitted by any local television broadcast station.