Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., wants the FCC to “abandon” the “decades old” sports...
Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., wants the FCC to “abandon” the “decades old” sports blackout rule barring subscription-video providers from showing games blacked out on TV stations, and wants the NFL to eliminate its policy, he wrote the commission. “The NFL’s…
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defense of the blackout rule cites the rule’s financial significance,” he wrote FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski this week, citing the league’s comments on a petition to junk the rule (CD March 1 p3), “yet evidence is insufficient as the League does not publicly release financial statements.” The letter was released Wednesday as a reply filing to the petition in docket 12-3 (http://xrl.us/bmwmdm).