‘Verizon wants FiOS to carry the games in HD (the Sabres want them to do so also) but Verizon claims that MSG’s owner, Cablevision, only provides the games to it in standard definition and is “skirting around” some rules to keep it from carrying them in HD. If so, that prevents it from competing fairly with this area’s largest cable company. Verizon added it has complained to the Federal Communications Commission.’
FiOS can’t show Sabres in high-def
Source: Buffalo News