TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE OFFER FROM SINCLAIR BROADCASTING GROUP (LICENSEE) for the station(s) See Rider A attached (STATION(S))

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE OFFER FROM SINCLAIR BROADCASTING GROUP (LICENSEE) for the station(s) See Rider A attached (STATION(S)) broadcasting in See Rider A attached (MARKET) With Respect to

1 TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE OFFER FROM SINCLAIR BROADCASTING GROUP (LICENSEE) for the station(s) See Rider A attached (STATION(S)) broadcasting in See Rider A attached (MARKET) With Respect to Distribution Broadcast Rights to the Sony Pictures Television Inc. Series SEINFELD The following sets forth the terms and conditions of an offer to SONY PICTURES TELEVISION INC. ("Distributor") from the above-named company ("Licensee") with regard to the licensing of Distributor's broadcast half-hour television series "SEINFELD" (the "Program") in the above-named market. This offer is subject to those additional provisions as are contained in Distributor's Standard Terms and Conditions (collectively with the offer, the Agreement ), copies of which are available on request, which may be fully set forth in a long-form contract incorporating said Standard Terms and Conditions. 1. Availability Date: Saturday, March 19, 2011 to Sunday, September 14, License Term: Commencing as of the Availability Date, Distributor will license to Licensee 182 weeks (the License Term ) of the Program (the Episodes ). The Licensee shall be obligated to broadcast the Program twice per day on a Monday through Friday basis (i.e., ten (10) telecasts per week) (the Daily Telecasts ) and two (2) times in the aggregate on Saturday and/or Sunday (the Weekend Telecasts ) (collectively, the Telecasts), solely over the station(s) set forth within the Agreement. The channel designation(s) is (are) See Rider A and the network affiliation is See Rider A. 3. License Fee: $ See Rider A per week for the License Term. The license fee will include a 10% down payment of the aggregate total due on or before March 19, 2011, with the remainder payable in 42 consecutive monthly installments commencing April 1, Time Period Commitment and Promotion Commitment for the License Term: First Daily Telecast: Monday Friday See Rider A WEST WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, CULVER CITY, CA (310) FAX No. (310)

2 Page 2 Second Daily Telecast: Monday Friday See Rider A First Weekend Telecast: Saturday-Sunday See Rider A Second Weekend Telecast: Saturday-Sunday See Rider A Distributor will supply promotional and advertising materials and Licensee agrees, as a material provision of the Agreement, to promote the Program by giving it local advertising support including, without limitation, appropriate newspaper and TV Guide print promotion support. Licensee agrees to further provide, as a minimum, 100 G.R.P.s per week of on-air promotional support and one thirty-second (:30) spot in the half-hour immediately preceding each telecast of the Program for each day during which Episodes are scheduled for broadcast. Licensee agrees said on-air promotional support is a material provision of this Agreement. Licensee shall be obligated to notify Distributor of the half-hour time period (the Designated Time Period ) within the Time Period Commitment(s) set forth herein that Licensee shall broadcast the Program at the commencement of the License Term. Licensee shall have the option to change the Designated Time Period within the Time Period Commitment(s) set forth herein. Licensee shall be obligated to give Distributor 45 days prior written notice before implementing said change. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Licensee shall not have the option to change the Designated Time Period during any of the four national Nielsen ratings periods (i.e., the exact weeks as determined by Nielsen Media research for the November, February, May and July ratings periods). It is of the essence of the Agreement that Licensee broadcasts the Program in the time period indicated above except in the event of a valid preemption or prevention as set forth in Paragraph 6. In the event Licensee breaches this obligation or any other obligation as set forth in the Agreement (which Licensee agrees and acknowledges that such obligations are special and unique) and notwithstanding the payment of any required license fees, Distributor shall be entitled to equitable remedies (including, without limitations, injunctive relief) requiring Licensee to broadcast the Program within the Time Period Commitments indicated above. 5. Licensee Broadcast Obligation: Each First Daily Telecast will contain 7 minutes of commercial time, with 5½ minutes to be sold by Licensee and 1 ½ minutes to be retained and sold by Distributor. Each Second Daily Telecast will contain 7 minutes of commercial time, with 4½ minutes to be sold by Licensee and 2 ½ minutes to be retained and sold by Distributor. Each First Weekend Telecast will contain 7 minutes of commercial time, with 4 minutes to be sold by Licensee and 3 minutes to be retained and sold by Distributor. Each Second Weekend Telecast will contain 7 minutes of commercial time, with 4 minutes to be sold by Licensee and up to 3 minutes to be retained and sold by Distributor. In addition, Distributor may insert billboards, fee spots and/or closed-captioned sponsor announcements. Licensee further agrees that within each commercial pod none of Licensee's commercials will be for products or services competitive with products or services of Distributor's commercials. Licensee agrees not to add any commercial time beyond the allotted time allowed herein. During each week of the License Term, Licensee shall broadcast each of the Episodes designated by Distributor for broadcast during such week on each of the particular broadcast days in the order designated by Distributor for each Episode during such week, it being understood that

3 Page 3 Distributor shall determine in its sole discretion the sequence of Episodes broadcast (including, without limitation, whether and in what order any Episode broadcast hereunder shall be rebroadcast and the number of times each Episode shall be so rebroadcast). Licensee shall broadcast each Episode exactly as delivered by Distributor and without deletion or change in such Episode or in the commercials furnished by Distributor, except that Licensee may add its commercial matter solely in the commercial positions provided by Distributor. Licensee agrees to provide TVData, or any other similar service designated by Distributor, with any and all information regarding Licensee's broadcast of the Episodes requested by such service. If Distributor so requests at any time, Licensee shall supply Distributor with a usage report for the portion of the License Term indicated by Distributor, confirming that each Episode (listed by episode number and episode title) and Distributor's commercials therein (listed by commercial ID. number) were actually broadcast as required herein and the respective date(s) of such Telecast(s), certified as correct by an officer of Licensee. While Distributor recognizes Licensee's responsibility as a broadcast licensee to schedule its programming and to determine the content of its programming and advertising matter, the Licensee Broadcast Obligation herein is of the essence of the Agreement and failure by Licensee to meet said Licensee Broadcast Obligation shall entitle Distributor to exercise its rights pursuant to Paragraph 14 of the Standard Terms and Conditions and/or any other remedies in law or at equity, including without limitation, the issuance of an injunction mandating the broadcast of the Program in accordance with this Agreement. 5. Preemption/Prevention: Broadcast of any Telecast may be preempted for the presentation of a news event or a non-regularly scheduled program of national/local importance or a live sports event. Failure to make good any preempted or prevented Telecast shall be deemed to be a material default by Licensee unless (a) Licensee shall notify Distributor of such failure via the internet at sonypicturestelevision.com, by electronic mail ( ) at preemption@spe.sony.com or in writing by facsimile to (310) on or before seven business days prior to such preemption for a non-regularly scheduled program of national/local importance or a live sports event or on or before 48 hours after a news event and of the reasons therefor; and (b) within seven days of the originally scheduled Telecast which was preempted or prevented ("Make Good Period"), Licensee shall make good such preempted or prevented Telecast (the "Make Good Broadcast") by: (i) broadcasting such preempted or prevented Telecast in its entirety (including Distributor's commercials) in a comparable or better time period or (ii) including the commercial inventory of Distributor contained in such preempted or prevented Telecast in regularly scheduled broadcast(s) of other Telecast(s) of the Program during the Make Good Period provided; however, that if Licensee shall fail to comply with the requirements of this sentence due to an event or events of force majeure, affecting Licensee or Distributor, the provisions of Paragraph 12 of the Standard Terms and Conditions shall apply. 6. Delivery: Delivery for broadcast shall be by satellite with Licensee bearing the cost of receiving the signal. In the event Licensee does not receive the satellite feed(s) provided by Distributor, then Licensee shall request additional delivery by Distributor, and Distributor shall provide either an additional satellite feed or delivery by videocassette, at Distributor s election. In either event, the cost thereof shall be the sole responsibility of Licensee. Licensee understands that Distributor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to accept or reject this offer for any reason whatsoever and may, in addition to this offer, require Licensee to provide financial

4 Page 4 documents or other evidence of creditworthiness in form and substance satisfactory to Distributor. This offer is subject to acceptance by an executive officer of Distributor. When the terms of this offer are accepted, it shall constitute a valid and binding agreement Distributor shall be under no obligation to deliver the Program to Licensee until such time as this offer is fully executed by Distributor. AGREED AND ACCEPTED: LICENSEE: SONY PICTURES TELEVISION INC. By: Title: Date:, 2010 By: Title: Date:, 2010 LICENSEE (additional, if any): By: Title: Date:, 2010 RIDER A This RIDER A is attached to and made a part of that certain offer, (the Agreement ), between SONY PICTURES TELEVISION INC. ("Distributor") and SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP ("Licensee") in connection with the syndicated television series Seinfeld 4 th Cycle (the Program ).

5 Page 5 Primary Weekly First Daily (M-F) Second Daily (S- Su) Station(s)* Market License Fee Telecast Telecast WLFL (CW 22)/ Raleigh, NC $1100 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM 6:00 PM to 1:30 AM WRDC (MyNetwork TV 28) WBFF (FOX 45)/ Baltimore, MD $2500 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM 6:00 PM to 1:30 AM WNUV (CW 40) WNAB (CW 58)/ Nashville, TN $1000 5:00 PM to 12:00 AM 5:00 PM to 1:30 AM WUXP (MyNetwork TV 30) WSYX (ABC 6)/ Columbus, OH $500 6:00 PM to 2:00 AM 6:00 PM to 2:00 AM WTTE (FOX 28) KVCW (CW 29)/ San Antonio, TX $1000 5:00 PM to 12:00 AM 5:00 PM to 1:00 AM KVMY (MyNetwork TV 29) WTTO (CW 21) / Birmingham, AL $500 5:00 PM to 12:30 AM 5:00 PM to 12:30 AM WABM (MyNetwork TV 68) KVCW (CW 29)/ Las Vegas, NV $2000 5:00 PM to 1:00 AM 5:00 PM to 12:00 AM KVMY (MyNetwork TV 22) 5:00 PM to 1:30AM KOCB (CW 34)/ Oklahoma City, OK $1000 5:00 PM to 1:00 AM 5:00 PM to 12:00 AM KOKH (FOX 25) 5:00 PM to 1:30 AM WUTV (FOX 29)/ Buffalo, NY $1500 5:00 PM to 1:00 AM 5:00 PM to 12:00 AM WNYO (MyNetwork TV 49) WSMH (FOX 66) Flint, MI $200 5:00 PM to 1:00 AM 12:00 PM to 1:30 AM 11:00 AM to 1:00 AM KDSM (FOX 17) Des Moines, IA $250 5:00 PM to 1:00 AM 5:00 PM to 12:00 AM WUHF (FOX 31) Rochester, NY $225 5:00 PM to 1:00 AM 12:00 PM to 1:30 AM 12:00 PM to 1:30 AM WSYT (FOX 68)/ Syracuse, NY $400 5:00 PM to 1:00 AM 5:00 PM to 12:00 AM WNYS (MyNetwork TV 43) Primary Weekly First Daily (M-F) Second Daily (S- Su) Station(s)* Market License Fee Telecast Telecast WMSN (FOX 47) Madison, WI $325 5:00 PM to 1:00 AM 5:00 PM to 12:00 AM KGAN (CBS 2) Cedar Rapids, IA $100 4:00 PM to 1:00 AM 12:00 PM to 1:00 AM

6 Page 6 RIDER B Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in an Agreement, Distributor hereby gives permission to Licensee to telecast the Programs on a simultaneous basis over its analog channel (so long as Licensee is transmitting an analog channel) and on one or more digital streams utilizing Licensee s digital broadcast spectrum; provided that all such broadcasts (1) may have a different resolutions, aspect ratios and/or frame rates, (2) must have the same twenty-four (24) hour programming schedule and (3) must include Distributor s commercials. All such simultaneous telecasts shall together be counted as one (1) telecast against the total number of telecasts licensed under the Agreement. In the event that any applicable guild collective bargaining agreement is modified or interpreted to require such simultaneous transmission to be counted as two (2) telecasts for residual purposes, then Licensee shall either (i) reimburse Distributor for the additional residual payments attributable to Licensees simultaneous transmission of the Programs or (ii) cease such simultaneous transmission of the Programs and thereafter transmit the telecast(s) by means of either analog or digital transmission, as mutually agreed upon between Distributor and Licensee. If (i) Licensee fails to reimburse Distributor for additional residual payments and (ii) Licensee and Distributor fail to agree on a means of transmission, then Distributor shall have the right, upon 30 days notice, to terminate the Agreement and license the Programs to another station in Licensee s market. For programming in which Distributor retains no commercial time, Licensee shall also have the right to telecast the Programs separately on either its digital channel(s) or its analog channel (non-simultaneous transmission), in which case each such independent telecast, whether analog or digital, shall be counted separately as one (1) telecast against the total number of telecasts licensed under the Agreement. Licensee shall telecast each Program in its entirety, including Distributor s commercials, without overlaying, superimposing or dubbing any visual or audio material onto the Program. Licensee shall notify Distributor in writing prior to commencing digital telecasts of the Programs. Distributor will provide the Programs in a digital format, if available, however, Distributor shall not be obligated to deliver programming in a digital format. When Licensee discontinues use of its analog channel and is transmitting programming only over its digital channel(s), the Agreement shall continue in full force and effect and Licensee shall continue to transmit the Programs pursuant to the terms of the applicable Agreement. Except as specifically modified herein, the Agreements are not otherwise modified in any respect, and the Agreements, as amended herein, are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC. SONY PICTURES TELEVISION INC. On behalf of itself and its applicable affiliated A unit of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. entities. By: By: Christopher L. Elwell Title: Senior Vice President, Distribution Date: Date:

SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP (COMPANY) See Rider A attached (STATION) See Rider A attached (DESIGNATED MARKET AREA)

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE OFFER FROM SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP (COMPANY) See Rider A attached (STATION) See Rider A attached (DESIGNATED MARKET AREA) For the Distribution Broadcast Rights to the Sony