Comcast Roundup: Antitrust reviews begin of NBC deal, carrying ESPN 3d and More

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• The Washington Post reports that the Justice Department will begin an antitrust review of the Comcast-NBC merger.
• The Post also reports that a Senate Judiciary subcommittee and a host of other House and Senate panels want to review the deal.
• The Silicon Alley Insider reports that Comcast is in talks to carry ESPN’s announced 3d sports channel.

Below, the power of Comcast’s top attorney, the Tennis Channel is pissed and More.

• The Inquirer profiles Art Block, Comcast’s chief counsel, and his role in choosing outside law firms.
• The New York Times reports that the Tennis Channel has filed a complaint with the FCC accusing Comcast of unfairly keeping it on a higher sports tier than Comcast-owned Golf Channel and Versus, making those channels more widely accessible. The Times also covers the always growing costs of cable TV and how the Comcast-NBC merger might come into play. The Times additionally reports on another decade that may focus on the convergence of media, citing the Comcast-NBC merger.
• The Washington Post additionally reports that a collection of public interest groups have called for federal investigation into the industry-wide concept of TV Everywhere, in which cable broadcasters will offer streaming video to only paid subscribers.

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