This. Is what people are calling Washington D.C.(Congress) about.
This is in the public interest because Big Streaming wants you to pay premium events in order to get you into watching their wicked X-rated shows.
This is a 51-year old policy issue the FCC wants to re-review. The Burger Court (mostly Warren Court justices) struck down the FCC’s anti-siphoning regulations in 1977. The Broadcast Services Act of 1992 in Australia is one example of anti-siphoning. The fear is one PPV service could gain exclusivity over the Presidential Inauguration and the President’s press conferences also. Premium pay will become “buy porn to get our shows”.
Paramount Skydance has networks in Australia and the UK, where anti-siphoning regulations exist and they’ve had events on the Protected List in Australia under CBS ownership (December 2017). One potential move is for PSKY to take UFC events in Australia straight to Network Ten to comply with these rules.