MAP’s  comments in reply to the FCC’s NPRM regarding retransmission can be viewed here

The Federal Communications Commission can require cable-television companies to share more sports programming with satellite and phone competitors, a court ruled in a challenge brought by Cablevision Systems Corp.
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington today upheld a ruling by the FCC in January 2010 that companies such as AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. [...]

Notice of inquiry officially begins Congressionally-mandated review of five rules limiting local ownership, cross-ownership
By John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable
The FCC officially launched its congressionally-mandated review of its media ownership rules. That came in a May 25 notice of inquiry teeing up questions, the answers to which will help the commission set new policy or adjust [...]

The Federal Communications Commission and an appeals court should find cross-ownership rules inadequate. Both the court and the FCC should find ways to tighten the rules to make media consolidation difficult, writes Seattle Times columnist Ryan Blethen.
By Ryan Blethen, Seattle News
The media cross-ownership debate should be settled by now. Unfortunately, it is acting up again like [...]

Says Decision Protects Consumer Welfare for Cable Subscribers
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decided this morning to uphold a Federal Communications Commission ruling that extends “program access” protections. The FCC’s provisions prohibit cable companies from entering into exclusive contracts with cable channels in which the cable company has an ownership stake. The Court decision rejects [...]

By Brian Stelter, The New York Times
On Tuesday many of the country’s biggest television providers signed on to a petition that asked the government to revamp station retransmission rules. Cablevision, Charter, DirecTV, Dish Network Time Warner Cable, and Verizon all joined the coalition of providers and nonprofit groups.
But the nation’s biggest cable company, Comcast, was [...]

A coalition of public interest organizations sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski yesterday, calling on the Commission to make increased diversity in the media and broadband communications landscape a top priority. The groups issued the following joint statement:
“Historically marginalized communities still face countless barriers to their own members’ provision and ownership [...]

Andrew Jay Schwartzman, President and CEO of Media Access Project, has issued the following statement in response to today’s U.S. Court of Appeals decision vacating the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) rules limiting the number of cable TV systems any one company can own:
“I’m disappointed, but not surprised. Although Congress directed the FCC to establish [...]

This week, Media Access Project (MAP) submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission warning the agency that its reliance on privately supplied cable subscriber data falls short of its commitment to promote competition in the video marketplace. On behalf of Consumers Union, MAP argued that the industry’s system to report cable subscriber rates is inaccurate [...]

Andrew Jay Schwartzman, President and CEO of Media Access Project, issued the following statement concerning today’s FCC decision to impose a 30% ownership cap on national cable ownership:
bq. “We’ve been waiting a long time for these rules. The large cable companies already exercise excessive market power, which has resulted in high prices, lousy customer service [...]