H.R. 888 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Stop Sports Blackouts Act of 2025
Cosponsors: 7 (7 D, 0 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-12
Introduced: 2025-01-31
Latest action (2025-01-31): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
What H.R. 888 does, in plain terms
Stop Sports Blackouts Act of 2025 This bill requires cable and satellite broadcast providers to issue rebates to customers who are denied access to video programming included in their subscription because of programming negotiations. Specifically, where a provider’s negotiations related to the retransmission or carriage of video programming result in the provider failing to offer access to programming included in a customer’s subscription, the customer must be issued a rebate for the affected period. The Federal Communications Commission is directed to issue rules to this effect, including to establish the appropriate amount for such a rebate.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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