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U.s. Fcc Votes To Do Away With Sports Tv Blackout Rule


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2014-09-30T052328Z_1_LYNXNPEA8T04W_RTROPTP_2_USA-FCC-WHEELER.JPGBy Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday voted unanimously to eliminate a decades-old rule that has prohibited pay-TV providers from airing some home sports games, such as NFL football, if tickets to those games did not sell out. In a bipartisan 5-0 vote, the FCC did away with a 1975 sports blackout rule that has been backed by the broadcasters and the National Football League but in recent years has faced mounting criticism that it was outdated. ...

 

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