Plan Would Ease Limits on Media Owners
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A Federal Communications Commission proposal would relax decades-old rules, including one that forbids a company to own both a newspaper and a broadcast station in the same city.
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WASHINGTON  - Brushing aside  congressional suggestions that the nation is ill-prepared for  the conversion to digital TV in 2009, the Department of  Commerce on Monday unveiled its plan to help subsidize the  switchover from analog.
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U.S. regulators are considering new rules, favored by phone companies, designed to give apartment and condo dwellers greater choice of pay television services by banning exclusive deals between building owners and cable TV providers.
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The Federal Communications Commission voted on Tuesday to impose a limit on the size cable operators can reach on a nationwide basis.
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The $550,000 fine against CBS could be seen as a victory for those pushing for a purification of the public airwaves. &quot;It&#39;s a partial victory,&quot; said Lara Mahaney of the Parents Television
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Australia&#39;s News Corp has adopted corporate reforms aimed at soothing critics of its planned move to the US. The media giant, owner of Fox TV in the US, and the Times and Sun newspapers in the UK, promised not to issue new shares with extra voting rights.
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Government tries to limit TV advertising and sales along highways
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted on Tuesday to impose a limit on the size cable operators can reach on a nationwide basis.
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Government to convene new thinktank to confront rapid pace of media change.
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Regulators ease restrictions stopping firms owning both TV channels and newspapers in the US's largest cities.
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Michael K. Powell's term was marked by tighter decency standards and attempts to loosen media ownership restrictions.
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New U.S. media ownership rules would likely take up to seven years to establish, U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell said on Thursday.
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Â· Demonstration against Murdoch takeover plans  Â· Mogul and paper's owners reach deal on safeguards
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The Federal Communications Commission in a party-line, 3-2 vote, agreed Tuesday to overturn a 32-year-old ban and allow broadcasters in the nation's 20 largest media markets to also own a newspaper.
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Under News Corp.&#39;s plan, one right will be distributed for each voting share and non-voting stock, but will only become exercisable if a person or group obtains ownership of 15 percent or
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The Federal Communications  Commission voted on Tuesday to loosen media ownership  restrictions in the 20 biggest U.S. cities, despite objections  from consumer groups and a threat by some senators to revoke  the action.
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WASHINGTON - The Federal Communications Commission may consider limiting fees that phone and cable companies charge subscribers who cancel service before contracts expire.