FCC Eliminates Blackout Rules
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 3:05 pm
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/bus ... /16480131/
Hmm... Good thing, or bad thing? Hard to say at this point.The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday it repealed its sports blackout rule for the National Football League, eliminating a decades-old ban on airing local games that were not sold out.
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Broadcasters have maintained that changing the rule could drive more games away from over-the-air stations to pay-TV providers, like satellite and cable operators.