FCC Delays Decision To Review MASN/Time Warner Complaint

The Federal Communications Commission has given itself another 60 days to decide on Time Warner's petition to review the cable company's loss to regional sports network Mid-Atlantic Sports Network in arbitration over a carriage complaint. In granting Time Warner's and Comcast's bid to divvy up Adelphia Communications' cable systems back in 2005, the FCC required that they submit to arbitration if negotiations with an unaffiliated regional sports network (RSN), like MASN, reached an impasse.