FCC Won't Contest Ownership-Cap Case.(Federal Communications Commission)(Brief Article)

Multichannel News, April, 2001 by HEARN, TED

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission last week decided against asking a federal court here to review a March decision that voided key FCC cable-ownership rules, agency sources said. On March 2, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that an FCC rule limiting one cable operator to no more than 30 percent of U.S.

pay TV subscribers was unconstitutional. The FCC had until April 16 to seek rehearing from the full D.C. Circuit bench, but decided not to challenge the ruling. The agency would respond to the March 2 ruling by determining whether it can do a better job of justifying the 30-percent cap, an FCC source said. "I was pleased to see the [FCC] has decided not appeal that...

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