FCC Orders Cablevision to Hand HD Sports Programming Over to Competitors

Long-running fight over MSG Networks could still continue

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Subscribers to AT&T U-Verse and Verizon FiOS in the New York area will soon be able to view some of their favorite New York sports teams, including the New York Giants, Knicks, Rangers and Islanders, in high definition.

On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission told Cablevision that it has 30 days to make the HD feeds of its MSG and MSG+ channels available to the two upstart pay TV companies, which compete against Cablevision in the market. 

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