FCC official balks at cable proposal
From Times Wire Services
Federal Communications Commission member Robert M. McDowell said he wouldn’t support a report that would give the agency more power to regulate cable television operators.
A draft of the annual video competition report, backed by FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin, a fellow Republican, says cable operators such as Comcast Corp. control enough of the pay-TV market to warrant more oversight.
“This is a radical departure for the commission,” McDowell said.
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