HSA Note: "This season Oceanic takes over the UH sports contract that television station KFVE and its over-the-air antecedents have held for 28 years.
But the U.S. District Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C.'s June 10 decision allowing the Federal Communications Commission to require regional sports networks to share programming with other video programming providers and last week's licensing of Hawaiian Telcom for a 15-year cable franchise by the state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs has the potential to pose a challenge for Oceanic."
About how Oceanic should be concerned about competition from Hawaiian Telcom offering video over phone lines, Jeff Portnoy (Honolulu lawyer who specializes in media issues) said:
"I would say Oceanic needs to be significantly concerned about the likelihood it might have to share UH programming with its competition, including Hawaiian Telcom, DirecTV and others." (HSA)
About Hawaiian Telcom's possible plans to offer UH sports, Hawaiian Telcom spokeswoman Ann Nishida Fry said:
"Hawaiian Telcom is a longtime corporate supporter of the University of Hawaii, and we are well aware of the community's passion for our Warriors, 'Bows and Wahine teams. We will share product and programming specifics of our TV service when the commercial introduction commences and as our rollout progresses." (HSA)
about how Hawaiian Telcom or any competitor would have to pay Oceanic to offer UH sports, Brian Frederick (executive director of the Sports Fans Coalition) said:
"My understanding is they would have to go to an arbitration process if they can't come to a (financial) agreement." (HSA)
About how this court ruling is good for fans, Frederick said:
"At sportsfans.org, we've always stressed that sports programming should be made as available as possible to the consumer so that there is as much competition in the media as there is on the playing field." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/sportsnews/20110628_oceanics_uh_exclusivity_is_in_question.html
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
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