It’s not just net neutrality: The FCC also wants to relax one of broadcast media’s biggest rules

It’s not just net neutrality: The FCC also wants to relax one of broadcast media’s biggest rules

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2017/11/22/its-not-just-net-neutrality-the-fcc-also-wants-to-relax-one-of-broadcast-medias-biggest-rules/

Even as the Federal Communications Commission released a proposal Tuesday to give Internet providers more control over what their customers can see and use online, another equally major proposal by the agency could relax key rules for the media industry.

The FCC said Tuesday that it will revisit key regulations determining how many TV stations a single company can own. Revising or rolling back these rules may lead to more consolidation in broadcast media, analysts say — which could help financially struggling stations survive, but also perhaps end up reducing the number of independent voices on the air.

It’s not just net neutrality: The FCC also wants to relax one of broadcast media’s biggest rules

Nov 22, 2017, 6:14pm UTC
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2017/11/22/its-not-just-net-neutrality-the-fcc-also-wants-to-relax-one-of-broadcast-medias-biggest-rules/ >Even as the Federal Communications Commission released a proposal Tuesday to give Internet providers more control over what their customers can see and use online, another equally major proposal by the agency could relax key rules for the media industry. >The FCC said Tuesday that it will revisit key regulations determining how many TV stations a single company can own. Revising or rolling back these rules may lead to more consolidation in broadcast media, analysts say — which could help financially struggling stations survive, but also perhaps end up reducing the number of independent voices on the air.