The Federal Communications Commission announced last week that it has ended its investigation into Time Warner Cable's decision to drop the NFL Network back in August without providing appropriate notice to subscribers. At the time, the FCC ordered Time Warner Cable to reinstate the NFL Network while it investigated a complaint issued by NFL Enterprises over the issue.
The FCC reached a consent decree in which Time Warner Cable agreed that it violated an FCC rule that requires cable operators to provide customers 30 days??? notice before deleting a channel. The agency said it would take no action against the company and closed the investigation.
While Time Warner Cable is still in talks with the NFL Network, no agreement has been reached. The network is hoping to complete a distribution deal before its package of live Thursday and Saturday night National Football League games launches on Thanksgiving night.
For more on the issue, check out the Digital Pro Sound article Dressler's Last Play: NFL Network Talks.
