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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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