Cable and broadcast ownership rules will be on agenda for FCC’s S...

Cable and broadcast ownership rules will be on agenda for FCC’s Sept. 13 meeting. Commission will consider further notice of proposed rulemaking on its cable horizontal and vertical ownership limits and certain aspects of attribution rules affected by recent ruling of U.S. Appeals Court, D.C., in case of Time Warner v. FCC. Broadcast item will consider Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to modify rule or waive policies related to common ownership of broadcast stations and newspapers in same geographic area. Also on agenda: (1) On common carrier side, NPRM to reexamine safeguards for provision of in-region interexchange services by “independent” ILECs. (2) Office of Engineering & Technology item to consider first report & order to streamline equipment authorization procedures for software defined radios.