Official Documents
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Broadcast Ownership Rules
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Biennial Review of Broadcast Ownership Rules
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The Commission reviews all broadcast ownership rules every two years as required by Section
202(h)of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
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Biennial Report 2000: On January 17th, the FCC issued its biennial regulatory review report for year 2000. The broadcast ownership rules were a part of this consolidated staff report.
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Biennial Review Report 1998, MM Docket 98-35, FCC 00-191, released 6/20/00
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Notice of Inquiry, MM Docket 98-35, FCC 98-37, released 3/12/98
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FCC Staff Study, Review of the Radio Industry
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On August 5, 1999 the FCC revised its local market television ownership rules the "TV duopoly"rule and the radio-television cross ownership (or "one-to-a-market") rule to reflect changes in the media marketplace. In a
Report and Order the Commission said the revised rules reflect the growth in the number and variety of media outlets in local markets, including cable and direct broadcast satellite, and the Commission's desire to permit broadcasters to realize the efficiencies of common ownership where consistent with
its ongoing concern for diversity and competition in broadcast markets.
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Memorandum Opinion & Second Order on Reconsideration in the Matter of Review of the Commission's Regulations Governing Television Broadcasting,Television Satellite Stations. MM Docket No. 91-221 and 87-8, FCC 00-431, released January 19, 2001.
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Memorandum Opinion & Order on Reconsideration in the Matter of Broadcast Television National Ownership Rules, Review of the Commission's Regulations Governing Television Broadcasting,Television Satellite Stations. MM Docket No. 96-222, 91-221 and 87-8, FCC 00-406, released January 19, 2001.
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Report & Order in the Matter of Review of the Commission's Regulations Governing Broadcast Television and Television Satellite Stations, MM Docket No. 91-221 and 87-8, FCC 99-209, released August 6, 1999.
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Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Matter of Review of the Commission's Regulations Governing Broadcast Television and Television Satellite Stations, MM Docket No. 91-221 and 87-8, FCC 96-438, released November 7, 1996.
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Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Matter of Review of the Commission's Regulations Governing Broadcast Television and Television Satellite Stations, MM Docket No. 91-221 and 87-8, FCC 94-322, released January 17, 1995.
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FCC suspends elimination of single majority shareholder exemption under broadcast and cable/multipoint distribution service (MDS) attribution rules, pending resolution of the issues outlined in Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Cable FNPRM).
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Order in the Matter of Review of the Commission's Regulations Governing Attribution of Broadcast and Cable/MDS Interests; Review of the Commission's Regulations and Policies Affecting Investment in the Broadcast Industry, Reexamination of the Commission's Cross-Interest Policy; MM Docket No. 94-150, 92-51, 87-154, released December 14, 2001.
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On September 13, 2001, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched a proceeding to review its horizontal and vertical limits for cable companies. This Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) seeks to develop a complete record that will help the FCC produce and support appropriate horizontal and vertical limits. The FNPRM does not propose any specific numerical caps, but rather suggests several regulatory approaches and solicits empirical evidence and theoretical justification supporting or contradicting each of the suggested approaches. As directed by the Time Warner decision, the FNPRM also seeks comment on certain provisions of the FCC's attribution rules: specifically, the ban on an insulated limited partner's sale of video programming to a cable system partnership and the elimination of the single majority shareholder exemption in the cable and broadcast contexts.
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News Release and FNPRM; CS Docket Nos. 98-82, 96-85 and MM Docket No. 92-264.
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On August 5, 1999, the Commission revised its broadcast and cable/MDS ownership attribution rules. The attribution rules define what constitutes a "cognizable interest" for purposes of applying the ownership rules.
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Memorandum Opinion & Order on Reconsideration in the Matter of Review of the Commission's Regulations Governing Attribution of Broadcast and Cable/MDS Interests; Review of the Commission's Regulations and Policies Affecting Investment in the Broadcast Industry, Reexamination of the Commission's Cross-Interest Policy; MM Docket No. 94-150, 92-51, 87-154; FCC 00-438, released January 19, 2001.
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Report & Order in the Matter of Review of the Commission's Regulations Governing Attributionof Broadcast and Cable/MDS Interests; Review of the Commission's Regulations and Policies Affecting Investment in the Broadcast Industry, Reexamination of the Commission's Cross-Interest Policy; MM Docket No. 94-150, 92-51, 87-154; FCC 99-207, released August 6,1999.
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Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket No. 94-150, 92-51, 87-154; FCC 96-436, released November 7, 1996.
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Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket No. 94-150, 92-51, 87-154; FCC 94-324, released January 12,1995.
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Media Ownership Policy Reexamination
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The Media Ownership Working Group is tasked with developing a solid factual and analytical foundation for media ownership regulation. The findings of this Working Group will provide an empirical and analytical basis for the FCC to achieve its long-standing goals of promoting diversity, localism, and competition in the media.
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