FCC Tells 3rd Circuit Media Ownership Order Coming Soon
The FCC media ownership order “should be released in the coming days,” the agency told the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a letter filed Wednesday. The FCC and the public interest petitioners from the Prometheus III case were…
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ordered to engage in mediation to create a timetable to arrive at a definition of an eligible entity, and the letter meets a Wednesday deadline to inform the court about the proceeding's progress. The order, which the letter said was voted by the FCC Aug. 10 but has yet to be released, re-adopts the revenue-based standard for eligible entities, resurrects joint sales agreement rules vacated by the 3rd Circuit, and resolves the 2010 and 2014 quadrennial reviews. All that is as expected (see 1608110058). “The Commission believes the adoption of the order satisfies the Court’s mandate that the agency take 'final agency action on the eligible entity definition,'” Wednesday's letter said. Since the public interest group petitioners haven't yet been able to see the order, they aren't in a position to say whether it meets the 3rd Circuit's requirements, the letter said.