Updated: FCC Moves to Close 'Terrestrial Loophole'

The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday took a step toward closing the “terrestrial loophole,” an exemption in the current rules that allows cable operators to trip up their satellite-TV competition by withholding access to their proprietary regional sports networks.

In a 4-1 vote, the Commission elected to establish a review process by which it would consider complaints on the availability of terrestrial-delivered cable programming. The ruling would allow DBS providers and telco-TV services to petition the FCC for access to blocked RSN feeds.

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