Dems Retain Senate

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

As expected, the Democrats are projected to retain control of the Senate, which keeps John Kerry (D-Mass.) atop the Senate Communications Subcommittee and Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) in charge of the Senate Commerce Committee.

Rockefeller has pledged to continue to push for stronger protections for kids online privacy, and Kerry has pledged to introduced retransmission consent reform legislation, though it would have a tough time getting passage in the Republican-controlled House.

Kerry has said he would hold a hearing on retrans reform the week of Nov. 17, but that was before Fox and Cablevision settled their dispute.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.