Steve615
12-16-09, 11:34 AM
From bloomberg.com:
U.S. regulators may change a rule that cable companies such as Comcast Corp. rely upon to withhold telecasts of professional sports from competitors,a person familiar with the matter said.
Federal Communications Commission staff will send a recommendation to the agency's five members to revise the rule,said a commission official,who asked not to be identified because the matter had not been made public at that time.
Under the proposed change,FCC rules would treat equally programs sent through satellite links,which include most cable TV content,and those distributed solely over wires,a technique used by some cable owned RSN's.
Networks that use only wires,such as Comcast SportsNet in Philadelphia,would no longer be exempt from rules requiring fair access for competitors,the official said.
More info at the following link.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aItjWV00ZQ0I
U.S. regulators may change a rule that cable companies such as Comcast Corp. rely upon to withhold telecasts of professional sports from competitors,a person familiar with the matter said.
Federal Communications Commission staff will send a recommendation to the agency's five members to revise the rule,said a commission official,who asked not to be identified because the matter had not been made public at that time.
Under the proposed change,FCC rules would treat equally programs sent through satellite links,which include most cable TV content,and those distributed solely over wires,a technique used by some cable owned RSN's.
Networks that use only wires,such as Comcast SportsNet in Philadelphia,would no longer be exempt from rules requiring fair access for competitors,the official said.
More info at the following link.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aItjWV00ZQ0I