Fitzpatrick'sbeard
11-11-2011, 04:17 PM
The FCC has denied a request by Madison Square Garden and Cablevision to
review a Media Bureau decision that it must make high-definition feeds of its
MSG and MSG-Plus regional sports nets available to AT&T and Southern New
England Telephone Company in Connecticut, and Verizon in the New York and
Buffalo markets.
The commission affirmed that original order (http://www.multichannel.com/common/jumplink.php?target=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.broadcastingcable.com%2Farticle%2F474265-FCC_Cablevision_MSG_Network_Violated_Program_Access_Rules.php) and refused a request to stay its
effective date, though it found that "in order to provide sufficient time for
compliance," it would give them 15 days from the Nov. 10 order release date to
provide the programming.
That came a day after the Second Circuit Court of Appeals denied
Cablevision/MSG's request that the court stay the FCC decisions.
Among other content, MSG and MSG Plus televise New York Rangers, New York
Islanders, Buffalo Sabres and New Jersey Devils National Hockey League games and
the New York Knicks National Basketball Association games, should the pro hoops
league end its lockout of its players.
http://www.multichannel.com/article/476571-FCC_Affirms_Media_Bureau_Decision_Against_MSG_In_Program_Access_Complaints.php
review a Media Bureau decision that it must make high-definition feeds of its
MSG and MSG-Plus regional sports nets available to AT&T and Southern New
England Telephone Company in Connecticut, and Verizon in the New York and
Buffalo markets.
The commission affirmed that original order (http://www.multichannel.com/common/jumplink.php?target=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.broadcastingcable.com%2Farticle%2F474265-FCC_Cablevision_MSG_Network_Violated_Program_Access_Rules.php) and refused a request to stay its
effective date, though it found that "in order to provide sufficient time for
compliance," it would give them 15 days from the Nov. 10 order release date to
provide the programming.
That came a day after the Second Circuit Court of Appeals denied
Cablevision/MSG's request that the court stay the FCC decisions.
Among other content, MSG and MSG Plus televise New York Rangers, New York
Islanders, Buffalo Sabres and New Jersey Devils National Hockey League games and
the New York Knicks National Basketball Association games, should the pro hoops
league end its lockout of its players.
http://www.multichannel.com/article/476571-FCC_Affirms_Media_Bureau_Decision_Against_MSG_In_Program_Access_Complaints.php