DirecTV has been on an all-out assault at the FCC to do what it can to stop the transfer of control of broadcast TV stations to companies that would be adding to assets already in a given market. The reason, they bemoan, is the likely increase in retransmission fees they’d have to pay due to fewer owners, giving them more leverage. The Commission has consistently dismissed this postulation. It did so once more in granting approval of a Michigan …
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