Trump FCC kills TV ownership cap, claiming authority over limit set by Congress

On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission voted to eliminate the National Television Ownership Rule, which prohibited any single broadcaster from reaching more than thirty-nine percent of American television households. Per Ars Technica, the F.C.C. under Chairman Brendan Carr is claiming authority to repeal a regulation Congress established over twenty years ago. The agency is replacing it with case-by-case review of proposed mergers, saying this allows broadcasters to compete more effectively against streaming companies, which face no such ownership restrictions.

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