Martin Eyes Fast Track for Franchises.(Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin )
Multichannel News, April, 2006 by Hearn, Ted
By Ted Hearn Atlanta-- Local governments might be required under new federal rules to act on phone company video franchise applications within six months, Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin indicated last Tuesday at a National Show press conference. "It didn't mean it had to be granted, but it has to be approved or denied," said Martin, adding that the idea of time limits surfaced at the FCC's public meeting in February in Keller, Texas.
The FCC is conducting a rulemaking to determine whether local governments have been frustrating phone company entry into cable. Whether Martin has three votes to impose time limits if the FCC remains evenly divided 2-2 between Republicans and Democrats is unclear. The cable industry...
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