The FCC’s sports blackout rule is an “outdated...
The FCC’s sports blackout rule is an “outdated vestige,” Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., told FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. They sent a letter (http://1.usa.gov/18Az9wf) to Wheeler on Thursday, and Higgins made it public Friday in a…
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news release. “The current blackout policy does not serve taxpayers, sports fans, or networks,” the letter said, urging “the FCC to act immediately to ensure that sporting events remain accessible to millions of supportive fans.” Higgins recently introduced The Furthering Access and Networks for Sports Act of 2013,HR-3452, which would end the FCC’s blackout rule (CD Nov 14 p10).