FCC Finally Making Some Progress on Media Ownership Rules

Commission releases studies on current structure

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With all the focus on broadband at the Federal Communications Commission, it's easy to forget that the regulator's quadrennial review of its media ownership rules, originally scheduled for 2010, is overdue. Some progress was made Wednesday, though, as the FCC released five of the nine studies it ordered as part of the review of the current rules.

The commission is still waiting for an additional four studies and will also conduct two studies internally. Once comments are in for all the studies, it will open up the process and decide whether to change the rules or keep them as is. 

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