ACA Urges Conditions on RSN Sales as Part of Disney/Fox
DOJ should make clear it won't approve Fox regional sports networks -- to be sold by Disney as part of Disney/Fox (see 1806270016) -- being bought by a same-market big four broadcaster or MVPD, the American Cable Association said in…
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a letter to the agency Monday. It said a broadcaster buying a Fox RSN would let a single firm threaten to withhold two sets of must-have programming, leading to higher MVPD licensing fees, while a pay-TV company purchase would create a vertical integration problem of higher MVPD licensing fees due to the increased leverage to threaten to withhold RSN content from rival subscription video providers. Disney didn't comment.