FCC Oversight—Review of Blackouts, Cable Act on Senate Commerce Agenda

There is a lot of interest this year from Sen Commerce in reviewing the ’92 Cable Act, the FCC’s implementation of USF, sports blackouts and incentive auctions. Those issues came up repeatedly at the cmte’s hearing Tues on FCC oversight. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) comments on sports blackouts and commissioners discuss how soon and what parts of the Cable Act should be reformed.

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