Tate, McDowell Seek Warren Communications Data

FCC COMMISSIONERS SEEK WARREN COMMUNICATIONS DATA
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
FCC Commissioners Robert McDowell and Deborah Taylor Tate are asking to see Warren Communications data on which the Federal Communications Commission is apparently using to determine that over 70% of the households passed by cable subscribe to the service. After reading -- in Warren's own Communications Daily -- that the figures used by the FCC "aren't well-suited" to determining that 70% threshold, Commissioners Tate and McDowell formally requested more information, saying that they were surprised at that figure given that previous FCC reports had put that figure at 60%. In what sounded like a shot at Chairman Martin, the two said, "At least these two commissioners are indeed seeking the trustworthiness, truthfulness and visibility of the data in question." The two commissioners suggested that they want to make sure that the figure is accurate before they sign off on the report. "The video-competition report we send to Congress each year is one of the most important reports this commission produces," they wrote to Warren managing editor Michael Taliaferro, "and we strive to ensure accuracy of the information."
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* Letter from Commissioners Tate and McDowell to Warren Communications News
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-278166A1.pdf

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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2d843ede-9324-11dc-ad39-0000779fd2ac.html