Hispanic, rural groups flog FCC
Tagged: televisionPosted on: November 19th, 2007
Hispanic and rural groups blasted Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin J. Martin’s plan to impose new regulations on cable television, calling it a form of “media sharecropping” based on “twisted” facts.
Martin recently announced that cable had reached a point of market dominance that triggers, under a 1984 federal law, FCC action to ensure “diversity and competition.” That point involves the so-called 70-70 rule, which holds that if 70% of American homes can get cable TV systems with 36 channels or more, and 70% of those homes actually do subscribe to such a system, the FCC can take action.”*
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