Which agreement defines permission to broadcast copyrighted content across multiple platforms for a fee?

• A. Carriage Agreement
• B. Licensing Agreement
• C. Subscription Agreement
• D. Syndication Agreement

Answer: (D)

The key idea here is how rights to broadcast content are packaged for broad distribution. A syndication agreement is the arrangement that licenses a work to multiple outlets—local stations, networks, cable channels, or streaming platforms—for a fee. It covers permission to air the content across several platforms or markets, often non-exclusively, with terms governing which platforms and territories are included, how long the rights last, and how the fees are structured. This is precisely the setup described by “permission to broadcast copyrighted content across multiple platforms for a fee.”

Carriage agreements deal with carrying a channel on a distributor’s platform rather than licensing individual content to many platforms. A licensing agreement is the broad umbrella term for granting rights to use a work, but it doesn’t inherently specify multi-platform distribution to multiple outlets. A subscription agreement is about consumer access terms and payments. So the concept most aligned with multi-platform, paid broadcast rights is syndication.