FCC Releases Proposal to Eliminate Sports Blackout Rules

摘要

In a proposal to eliminate the sports blackout rules, the FCC seeks comment on whether the rulesrnare needed to give the public access to telecasts and the effect that a repeal of the rules would have on consumers. The rulemaking notice was released Wednesday, after circulating among commissioners in draftrnform last month (CD Nov 4 p3). If the record in the proceeding confirms that the sports blackout rules arernno longer necessary "to ensure the overall availability to the public of sports telecasts, we propose to repealrnthese rules," said a Media Bureau NPRM unanimously approved by the commission (http://rnfcc.us/1bQ7VC2). The rules prevent multichannel video programming distributors from carrying gamesrnthat are blacked out by sports leagues on TV stations in markets where the games haven't sold out.