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Consumer Groups Say Regulators’ Conditions for Comcast-NBC Come with Real Strings Attached
WASHINGTON, D.C, January 18, 2011 — As federal regulators today moved toward approval of Comcast’s acquisition of NBC Universal, Consumers Union (CU), the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, and Consumer Federation of America (CFA) said the approval is coming with some real strings attached. CU and CFA had expressed objections to combining the nation’s largest broadband and cable provider with one of the largest content owners, concerned that a combination this large could constrict competition and choice, and lead to higher cable and broadband prices for consumers.
Categories: Cable & Satellite, Internet, Phone, TV & Radio
Tags: Broadband, Cable Rates, Comcast, High Speed Internet, NBC
Consumers Union Statement on FCC Order on Comcast-NBC
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 23, 2010 – Parul P. Desai, policy counsel for Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, made the following statement today as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) circulates an order among the commissioners to approve Comcast’s proposed buyout of NBC Universal with certain conditions.
Categories: Cable & Satellite, Internet, Phone, TV & Radio
Tags: Broadband, Cable Rates, Comcast, competition, Federal Communications Commission, Internet, NBC, Online Video, Regulation
A Voice in the Right Direction
FCC Commissioner Clyburn calls out big Internet service providers on relentless rate hikes, and we like what she said.
Categories: Cable & Satellite, Internet
Tags: AT&T, Cable Rates, Comcast, ISP, National Broadband Plan
Washington Must Protect Consumers in Proposed Comcast/NBC-Universal Deal
Lawmakers in Washington will hopefully be asking a lot of tough questions when executives from Comcast and NBC-Universal come before them today to discuss their proposed merger. Like most everyone without direct ties to Comcast, Consumers Union think the proposed marriage of the country’s largest cable company and the multi-tentacled NBC-Universal media empire is a truly lousy deal for consumers.
Categories: Cable & Satellite, TV & Radio
Tags: Cable Rates, Comcast, NBC, Network Neutrality
Consumers Union Raises Concerns about NBC-Comcast
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, February 3, 2010, Washington, DC— The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust and the House Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet will hold separate hearings on Thursday, February 4, about the proposed sale of NBC-Universal to Comcast, Corp. Here’s why Consumers Union thinks the proposed merger is a bad deal for consumers.
Categories: Cable & Satellite, Internet, Phone, TV & Radio
Tags: Broadband, Cable Rates, Comcast, competition, Consumer, Federal Communications Commission, High Speed Internet, NBC, Network Neutrality
Exposing Comcast’s Hollow ‘Public Interest’ Commitments
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, December 4, 2009, WASHINGTON — Analysis by leading consumer groups finds ‘Concessions’ in NBC takeover mostly meaningless.
Categories: Cable & Satellite, Internet, TV & Radio
Tags: Cable Rates, Consumer, Federal Communications Commission, Internet, ISP, NBC, Network Neutrality
Cable Broadband Costs and Charges Just Don’t Add Up
If you get broadband from your cable company we suggest you sit down and make sure you aren’t drinking any coffee before you read further. We don’t want you spewing hot java all over your computer. In a recent filing with the Federal Communications Commission a Washington-based think tank and media issues advocacy group, Free Press, did some serious digging to figure out what it actually costs cable companies to provide broadband services compared to what they charge you for it. You’ve been warned.
Categories: Cable & Satellite, Internet
Tags: Broadband, Cable Rates, competition, Consumer
