There’s more backing for proposals to increase minority media ownership without...
There’s more backing for proposals to increase minority media ownership without targeting particular demographic groups, a coalition of entities seeking such deregulation told the FCC, as a telecom association sought rules against TV-station sharing agreements in a coming ownership order.…
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This month’s reply comments on minority and women ownership data show Bonneville International, Morris Communications and Scranton Times LP support a minority ownership incubation proposal (CD Jan 8 p4), the Diversity and Competition Supporters coalition that includes the Minority Media and Telecommunications Counsel said (http://xrl.us/boaszr). The Independent Telephone & Telecommunications Alliance, which backs the FCC’s conclusion to attribute ownership of a TV station that’s having its ads brokered to the broadcaster doing the brokering in joint services agreements, wants “other formal or informal sharing arrangements” addressed, an ITTA executive reported (http://xrl.us/boas2s) saying in phone conversations last week with aides to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and to Commissioner Ajit Pai. Such additional deals that involve coordinated negotiation of stations’ retransmission consent deals include shared services agreements and local marketing agreements, the association said.