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Regulations
The most commonly asked Regional Sports Network questions
are usually about blackouts. In the world of sports broadcasting,
situations arise when FOX Sports Net is not permitted to broadcast
games in certain parts of the country. These blackouts are
designed to protect the individual team territories and rights
to certain games purchased by programmers other than FOX Sports
Net.
Blackouts on the Regional Sports Networks are not based on
arena sellouts. They are in place to protect the various broadcast
rights holders for each game. Each league, NBA, NHL and MLB,
determine its team territories differently. Consequently,
an NBA team and a MLB team from the same market will have
drastically different local blackout areas. |
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