We should learn from our mistake with local newspaper industry, and we should not let the same thing happen to local broadcast TV industry.” When the national broadcast television ownership rule was last meaningfully updated, Netflix had not yet begun its streaming service. Today, streaming viewership surpasses the combined share of broadcast and cable, and is more than double that of broadcast television alone. “The FCC’s decision to eliminate the national broadcast ownership cap is a serious setback for American consumers and local communities,” said ATVA Spokesman Hunter Wilson. “Congress established the 39% national ownership cap in 2004 to protect localism, viewpoint diversity and consumer choice.