News Corp. got FCC okay for its Fox Networks Group to...
News Corp. got FCC okay for its Fox Networks Group to represent affiliates of a new Spanish-language network in selling TV ads on the spot market. The Media Bureau issued a permanent waiver to Fox of agency rules barring such…
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arrangements (http://xrl.us/bm68nz), noting the company’s request for the MundoFox network was unopposed (CD March 27 p12). “For the same reasons the Commission granted waivers to existing Spanish-language broadcast networks, and in recognition of the competitive imbalance that could result in the absence of a waiver, the Bureau finds good cause to grant MundoFox-affiliated stations a permanent waiver of the network representation prohibition,” said the order late Thursday signed by bureau Chief Bill Lake. Fox, “delighted” with the order, continues to plan to start the MundoFox network in the fall, a spokesman said.