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In Washington Wednesday, Democrats joined Republicans to lambast the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for the manufacture of most radical turn the responsibility of deregulation in decades.

In the future, a company can create their own television stations reaching 45 percent - instead of 35 percent - of American households, and in most cases, the very organization of media can create their own television stations and newspapers in the same market. It is also much easier to own two television stations in the same city, even in three major markets. Republican Senator Ted Stevens already has a bill to restore the 35 percent cap.

In his case, opponents of deregulation on incidents of radio, where strict rules of property were abandoned during the year 1996. Two of them in a small town in North Dakota and a band called The Dixie Chicks.

In Minot, North Dakota, there are seven commercial radio stations, six held by Clear Channel, the USA’s largest radio group with more than 1200 stations. A freight train derailed, the distribution of a toxic cloud. Minot citizens in their radio stations for information, as he was after in an emergency. What she received was recorded before the music shows. It was a human being under an obligation to Clear Channel station, but it could not be contacted.

Earlier this year, just before the war in Iraq, the leader singer of Dixie Chicks said during a concert: “We are ashamed, president of USA from Texas.” Accordingly, the Chicks “Music has been banned for 42 stations of music in possession of Cumulus, the second to the USA Radio-group.

The sum of incidents in pursuing the case. The concentration of media power can be Stripage costs of such things as local news and increases the potential for abuse and the erosion of plurality.

Supporters argue that technology, undermining the motivation for the conservation of different media in separate boxes and large groups can afford to show greater quality, innovation and give a wider choice.

What is lacking in the debate, any coherent evidence to solve the problem. There is little doubt that the new rules the FCC receives the green light and that President Bush, his right of veto on all invoices to overthrow.

Developments in the USA is a large, if not the intent, the impact on Great Britain moves to liberalize rules on media ownership. The aspect of communication by Bill now the House of Lords, the decision approving an American company according to its own ITV and a large number of commercial radio stations. If Clear Channel Radio Capital wants to buy in the future to do so.

There have always been doubts that the Americans were interested in this new chance. The doubts increased, as the government increases the regulatory barriers in the draft law on the protection of quality programmes.

However, the USA media giants. such as Viacom and Disney, the interest on their home market free of fear that Ofcom, the new British regulatory authority, tell them what to do.

With a modest local television station to the USA costs £ 320 million, is it some time before the USA players run from the house of investment opportunities and their gaze alights on the complexity of market UK.

It is clear that the government of combat, despite growing opposition to lords to protect a potential meaning. Labour has a big game to anticipate “results-based” policy. Is there any evidence to say that the opening of property non-EU players are investments in the British media, it is difficult to find.

Tessa Jowell, secretary general of culture, acknowledged that it is not possible to know how many there would be new investments. But it implied that the market for the verification of the Independent Television Commission, supported by an expert group headed by Bob Phillis, Chief Executive of the Guardian Media Group, insofar as sufficient evidence for the job.

Well, to some extent. The group, though there is no indication of the level of new investments. He simply said he felt “a balance”, that the risk of property to a deterioration of calendars was low and was a flow of foreign capital.

Jowell should also read bits of the ITC report calls for an “insurance policy” in order to avoid any risk that the increased use of equipment to USA, UK Squeeze production.

But as for new investment flows, bet it now that Americans are far more fish to fry.