Blackburn Bill Would Strip FCC’s 70/70 Authority

BLACKBURN BILL WOULD STRIP FCC'S 70/70 AUTHORITY
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Rep Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) will soon introduce the Consumer Freedom of Choice in Cable Act, a bill that would strip the Federal Communications Commission's authority to regulate cable under the 70/70 market-power threshold. At the House Telecom Subcommittee hearing yesterday, Rep Blackburn said at the hearing that Martin's "decision to dust off Section 612(g) authority calls into question whether the '70/70' rule is relevant in today's modern, highly competitive world of subscription television.” She suggested that it was not, calling it "anachronistic at best and potentially dangerous at worst."
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