- B&C, Tuesday, June 1, 2010 12:02 AM
The FCC officially launched its congressionally mandated review of its media ownership rules. That came in a May 25 notice of inquiry teeing up questions, the answers to which will help the commission
set new policy or adjust old ones. The agency is looking at five rules: the local TV ownership rule, the local radio ownership rule, the newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership rule, the radio/TV
cross-ownership rule, and the dual-network rule.
The notice makes it clear the FCC will take into account the role of the Internet. "The Internet clearly has not wholly supplanted
traditional media, such as broadcast stations, newspapers, and cable systems, but it has increased the quantity of news and programming available to consumers." If also asks what impact the National
Broadband Plan should have, including how "access to audio and video content available over broadband" factors into its analysis of competition.
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