Court Rules for Comcast in Vacating FCC Market-Share Rule [WSJ]

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Ronald J Riley \(RJR\)" <rjr () rjriley com>
Date: August 28, 2009 6:56:43 PM EDT
To: "'David Farber'" <dave () farber net>
Subject: Court Rules for Comcast in Vacating FCC Market-Share Rule [WSJ]

This is really unfortunate.

Ronald J Riley

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125147230997266951.html?mod=djemTECH

By AMY SCHATZ and FAWN JOHNSON

WASHINGTON--A federal appeals court tossed out the Federal  
Communications Commission's 30% ownership cap on cable companies  
Friday, citing increased competition in the pay-TV market. The  
decision paves the way for Comcast Corp., which challenged the cap,  
and other large cable operators to expand.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said  
the FCC "failed to demonstrate that allowing a cable operator to serve  
more than 30% of all cable subscribers would threaten to reduce either  
competition or diversity in programming."

The decision effectively kills of the 30% ownership cap, originally  
put into place in 1993 to limit the number of subscribers large cable  
operators could serve. (Read the decision.)

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