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TV Ratings Report to Be Delivered to Congress Wednesday

The FCC will deliver its report to Congress on the TV ratings system Wednesday but won’t release the report publicly until 48 hours later, an FCC spokesperson told us. Wednesday is the due date for the report, which was required…

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in the 2019 Consolidated Appropriations Act. It was provided to eighth-floor offices ahead of its release but was put out by the Media Bureau on delegated authority, requiring no commissioner votes, the spokesperson said. Parents Television Council President Tim Winter declined to comment on the report before he has seen its contents but said the bulk of the record supports improving the TV ratings system. PTC is widely seen as the impetus behind the directive from Congress, and the group delivered 1,400 petitions to the FCC calling for change last week (see 1905070046). Little action is expected to result from the report (see 1903010046).