News Access Guidelines

This is to advise you that NBC Universal, Inc. has acquired the exclusive right in the United States and its territories and possessions, excluding Puerto Rico (the “Broadcast Territory”), to cover the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (the “Trials”), and to record competitions and/or exhibitions (practice/training, preliminary, qualifying and final rounds) at the Trials (collectively, “Trials Material”). Certain Trials Material will appear on the NBC Television Network, and other Trials Material may appear on other television, internet, wireless and other platforms owned, controlled by, or licensed by NBC Universal. A complete distribution schedule (PDF) is attached hereto. These News Access Guidelines apply equally to any Trials Material, regardless of the NBC Universal service on which it is distributed. Use of Trials Material by any other television entity is permitted only if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

1. Source of Trials Material: The only permissible source of excerpts of Trials Material for use in the Broadcast Territory is footage that is taped off-air from any NBC Universal television platform. For the avoidance of doubt, Trials Material excludes announcer descriptions, any other audio elements, feature material and interviews appearing in NBC Universal’s coverage of the Trials, none of which may be used under any circumstances in accordance with these Guidelines. However, other media may record interviews with athletes, coaches and officials in designated media interview areas away from the field of play at each Trials event, and such interview footage may be used in accordance with these Guidelines, provided that under no circumstances may such interview footage be used on the Internet or on any other digital, interactive and/or wireless media.
2. Use In News Programs Only: Excerpts of Trials Material may be used only in regularly scheduled television news programs of which the actual news elements constitute the main feature. This excludes programming such as news and sports magazines, news promos and updates, entertainment news programs, magazines and features, sports features and other sports programs or “special programs.” This also excludes all potential distribution via non-television media, including the Internet (see #8, below). Furthermore, this also excludes any use of excerpts for promotional purposes. In the case of an all-sports television network, excerpts of Trials Material may be used only as part of regularly scheduled general sports news programs and are subject to the other limitations herein.
3. Length of Excerpts of Trials Material: Excerpts of Trials Material may appear in a maximum of three (3) newscasts per day. Such excerpts in any single newscast may not exceed two (2) minutes in total. For the avoidance of doubt, all usage of Trials Material, as well as any usage of permitted interview material (see #1, above), count against the 2-minute limitation set forth herein.
4. Airing of Trials Material Only After Trials Telecast Concludes: Excerpts of Trials Material taped off-air on any given day may not be telecast on such day in any time zone in the Broadcast Territory until the relevant NBC Universal broadcaster has completed its telecast in such time zone on such day (and, even then, only subject to the other limitations herein).
5. 48-Hour Window: Excerpts of Trials Material may be used only during the 48-hour period following the time that the use of such excerpts is first permitted under these Guidelines.
6. No Outside Market Usage: It is strictly prohibited to feed any Trials Material or permitted interview material to any party located either within or outside of the local market of any particular Trials event.
7. Courtesy Credit: The following video credit must be displayed over any excerpts of Trials Material for the duration of the clip: “Courtesy NBC Olympics/USOC”.
8. Internet: Under no circumstances may audio or video excerpts of Trials Material or permitted interview material be used on the Internet or on any other digital, interactive and/or wireless media, including (but not limited to) within regularly scheduled news programs that are streamed on the Internet.