WASHINGTON — If Comcast takes over Adelphia in a proposed merger, it will have 29 percent of all U.S. cable TV subscribers. But according to the Media Access Project, before that happens the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should cap a single cable company’s reach at 25 percent.
Last year, the public-interest law firm helped defeat then FCC Chairman Michael Powell’s effort to relax broadcast ownership rules. Now it is focusing on establishing a cap before the Comcast-Adelphia merger. The website Multichannel News reports that MAP attorney Harold Feld recommends preemptive action because he doesn’t expect the FCC to call for retroactive enforcement. “Given the commission’s reluctance to order divestitures, we don't think divestitures are likely,” he said.
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Last year, the public-interest law firm helped defeat then FCC Chairman Michael Powell’s effort to relax broadcast ownership rules. Now it is focusing on establishing a cap before the Comcast-Adelphia merger. The website Multichannel News reports that MAP attorney Harold Feld recommends preemptive action because he doesn’t expect the FCC to call for retroactive enforcement. “Given the commission’s reluctance to order divestitures, we don't think divestitures are likely,” he said.
(Read more at
http://www.vermontguardian.com/dailies/0904/0822.shtml#article2
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