FCC to vote on lifting national TV broadcast ownership cap in August

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The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote on August 6th on whether to eliminate the national broadcast ownership cap, which currently limits a single company to owning stations reaching no more than 39 percent of US TV households. Republican FCC Chair Brendan Carr announced the vote in a Breitbart op-ed published on Wednesday. Carr contends the rule is outdated given that streaming services and social media platforms can already reach the entire country without using public airwaves. The existing cap was originally designed to prevent media monopolization and encourage broadcasters to serve local communities. Removing it would potentially open the door to significant consolidation in the US broadcast television industry.

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