FCC Publishes Rule on Cable Reach; Comcast Files Challenge

FCC RELEASES 30% CABLE-SUBSCRIBER CAP ORDER
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The Federal Communications Commission released its final order on the establishment of a 30% horizontal cap on cable ownership, although it suggested that the cap should be 28%, according to its new formula, but it bumped the number up to 30% for the sake of consistency and because, it suggested, a couple of points' worth of viewers isn't a deal-breaker.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6531215.html?rssid=193

* Comcast Renews Cable Cap Court Action
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Ted Hearn]
Comcast Corp. on Monday renewed its promised to go to court in an attempt to block new cable ownership limits adopted by the Federal Communications Commission two months ago. The FCC's rule bars a cable company from serving more than 30% of pay-TV subscribers nationally. The law on which the rule is based does not apply to satellite TV providers and other pay-TV providers not defined in the law as cable operators.
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6531217.html?nid=4262

* FCC Publishes Rule on Cable Reach; Comcast Files Challenge
http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/02/fcc_publishes_rule_on_cable_re.php
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* FCC Order:
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-07-219A1.doc