Monday, June 19, 2006

FCC Drops Planned Vote On Multicasts

Arshad Mohammed writes in The Washington Post:

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin yesterday dropped plans to vote this week on whether to require cable companies to carry extra digital channels produced by TV broadcasters, suggesting he could not muster the votes.

Martin last week placed the issue on the agenda for an FCC meeting scheduled for Wednesday, but late yesterday the FCC said it had been removed. FCC spokeswoman Tamara Lipper said in a statement that the item was pulled from the agenda because "there did not appear to be consensus for moving forward at this time."

More here.

posted by Fergie @ 6/19/2006 07:09:00 AM

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