Today's Quote 10.25.06

DISNEY DOESN'T SEEK OWNERSHIP RULE REVISE
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Disney isn't asking the FCC to loosen any of its ownership rules, saying it already has more than enough stations and is looking to using other platforms for content delivery. With its 10 owned stations covering not quite 24% of the nation, it is well below the national ownership cap of 39% -- although that cap is not on the table in the rule rewrite having already been legislated by Congress. What is definitely in play is owning more multiple stations in markets and owning a station and newspaper in the same market. "Given the increase in, and attractiveness of, new media outlets," Disney wrote in a brief filing in the FCC's media ownership rule review, "in Disney's view, the Commission may soon find itself considering ways to incent, rather than restrict, ownership of over-the-air broadcast stations."
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6384242.html