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Comcast Roundup: NBC executives named, the fallout and more

Every Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. EST, find all the stories you need to know about your friendly telecommunications giant in the Comcast Roundup. Get an e-mail subscription for our Comcast news updates. DEFINITE READS Comcast, NBC argue against sharing with Internet TV [Post Tech: Washington Post] — “Comcast and NBC Universal executives met with senior officials […]


Every Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. EST, find all the stories you need to know about your friendly telecommunications giant in the Comcast Roundup. Get an e-mail subscription for our Comcast news updates.

DEFINITE READS

  • Comcast, NBC argue against sharing with Internet TV [Post Tech: Washington Post] — “Comcast and NBC Universal executives met with senior officials at the Federal Communications Commission this week, urging the agency against conditions to their proposed merger that would require the new company to provide shows and movies to Internet video distributors.”
  • Sanders Tells Regulators to Block Comcast-NBC Deal [Media Decoder: New York Times] — Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders: “The sale of NBCU to Comcast would create an enormously powerful, vertically integrated media conglomerate, causing irreparable damage to the American media landscape and ultimately to society as a whole,” he wrote.”

Below, Comcast announcing NBC executives, is criticized by some for doing so and much more.

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http://www.csnphilly.com/common/thePlatform/web/swf/flvPlayer.swf

Companies: Cablevision

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