ATVA Opposes Apollo Greenville Combination
The FCC should eliminate loopholes in rules that permit broadcasters to create local “duopolies, triopolies, and even quadropolies” using low-power stations, said the American Television Alliance in a meeting Monday with Media Bureau Chief Michelle Carey, Video Division Chief Barbara…
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Kreisman and bureau staff, per a filing posted Thursday in docket 18-349. “It would not serve the public interest to allow Apollo to acquire a top-four quadropoly in Greenville, Mississippi.” That combination has allowed current owner Northwest to “command among the highest retransmission consent fees in the nation,” ATVA said (see 1910310072). The ATVA meeting included representatives from AT&T, Charter Communications, Dish Network and America's Communications Association.