FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Warns NFL Streaming Deals Undercut Basis for League's Antitrust Exemption

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TV Sports: An antitrust exemption is at risk if the NFL and other sports continue to move their games from free TV to subscription streaming services, FCC ChairmanBrendan Carr said Sunday. “We’re at a point now where I think some of these leagues are at a tipping point where they’re going to push this issue so far that they start to lose their antitrust exemption,” Carr said to Fox & Friends Weekend host Griff Jenkins , who had his own concerns about the cost and complexity that come with the fragmentation of sports programming among free TV, cable, and streaming outlets. “You’re looking at nearly $2,500 a year that you would have to shell out to have a near half dozen or more apps just to watch the games,” Jenkins said. Carr agreed. “It’s more complex. It’s more costly. You effectively have to have a computer science degree to decipher this,” Carr said. On Feb. 25, the FCC released a public notice saying it was taking a close look at sports broadcasting practices and marketplace developments. The agency has so far received more than 8,000 comments. ** (More after paywall)**

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