Regional Sports Networks
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Sports Programming: Competitive Advantage or Ransom, or Both?
8/9/10 at 8:42 PM by Bernie Arnason
Video service providers who aren’t big (or rich) enough to launch their own regional sports networks are well aware of the situation revealed by The Oregonian and the availability of the NBA’s Portland Trailblazers telecasts. Access to sports programming is expensive – too expensive ...
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Verizon Calls a Foul on Regional Sports Nets
5/28/09 at 8:46 PM by Telecompetitor  Verizon's legal efforts to break the lock incumbent cable companies have on "must have" regional sports programming continues as it filed an FCC action that calls for the federal agency to "act promptly to stop incumbent cable television companies from illegally denying competitive video providers access to 'must have' regional sports programming." Access to regional sports programming is the key to a broadcaster's ability to compete ...
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AT&T: No Fair Cablevision!
6/19/07 at 6:45 PM by Telecompetitor  In what may be a sign of the times, AT&T filed a complaint with the FCC over Cablevision’s refusal to provide sports programming in an AT&T Connecticut market. Cablevision’s Rainbow Media Holdings subsidiary, which operates Fox Sports Network New York, Madison Square Garden Network and Fox Sports Network New England, says it has “…outstanding questions regarding AT&T's violation of prior distribution agreements and ...
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