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The new year looks to be business as usual for government regulation of the media, with perennial issues like ownership, indecency and the battle between the telcos and cable companies staying on the agenda.
The Federal Communications Commission is considering relaxing rules that bar broadcast-newspaper ownership in a single market, as well as one company owning more than one TV station in a market. With the Democrats taking control of Congress, the FCC “will be more hesitant to push the regulatory effort than they would have otherwise,” said Mark Fratrik, vp, research/industry analysis at BIA Financial Network.
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