Warren, Ryan Demand FCC Action as Sports Streaming Costs Surge

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) and Rep. Pat Ryan (D., N.Y.) are urging the federal government to crack down on a sports media ecosystem where prices are soaring while access shrinks for fans, citing ESPN's growing footprint as a prime example of the problem.

In a letter that will be sent to the Federal Communications Commission later on Tuesday, the lawmakers are pushing chairman Brendan Carr to more closely scrutinize consolidation and distribution practices that they say have made live sports increasingly expensive and fragmented. The letter comes in response to a February FCC request for public comment on "sports broadcasting practices and marketplace developments."

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