Children’s Programming
Comcast-NBC: Not Perfect, but FCC and Justice Department Conditons Should Help Consumers
Earlier this week the government approved the super-sized deal allowing Comcast, which is already both the country’s largest cable television company and Internet service provider, to purchase control of NBC Universal and its huge stable of media properties. At Consumers Union, publisher of this blog, we made it clear that our first choice was for the Federal Communications Commission or the Department of Justice to reject this deal. Once it was clear the deal was going to be approved, we said the approval needed to include strong and enforceable conditions to help ensure Comcast would be firmly discouraged from engaging in anti-competitive, anti-consumer behavior.
Categories: Cable & Satellite, TV & Radio
Tags: Children's Programming, Comcast, Federal Communications Commission, High Speed Internet, NBC, Network Neutrality, Online Video