Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., wants to ensure TV...
Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., wants to ensure TV blackouts don’t happen next year. He’s glad Time Warner Cable worked out a deal to telecast the Los Angeles Dodgers on KDOC-TV Anaheim, California, but is concerned about the broader issues, he…
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said in a statement Monday. “We must act now to assure that the Dodgers are not blacked out for the 2015 season,” Sherman said (http://1.usa.gov/1shbcmZ). “I will continue to discuss this matter with [FCC Chairman] Tom Wheeler ... in the hopes that the FCC will use its authority to push all the parties into binding arbitration so that a panel of three neutral arbitrators can determine the price -- and let Dodgers fans see the 2015 season."