Comcast + NBC = World Domination?

[Baelorn]

I searched and wasn't able to find a thread on this(which was surprising so feel free to lock if there is one).

A fight may be brewing between antitrust regulators at the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission over review of the Comcast/ NBC merger.

The $30 billion deal, which was announced early Thursday morning, calls for cable giant Comcast to acquire majority ownership of NBC Universal from parent company General Electric Co., which will own 49 percent.

The merger review is all but certain to be high-profile, and has already triggered statements from members of Congress about potential anti-competitive effects. Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, announced plans to hold a hearing and warned, "Antitrust regulators must ensure that all content providers are treated fairly on the Comcast platform, and that Comcast does not get undue advantages in gaining access to programming."
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http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticle...st_Turf_Battle

[Correction]

Yay consolidation. So awesome the next time ESPN wants sports coverage and they can't show a goddamn thing because Versus will get 'exclusives.' And then you get to pay more than you do now for cable because of the consolidation chain-reaction this will cause if it passes antitrust.

[Jodwahh]

REPRESENTIN THE BBC UP IN THIS MOTHERFUCKER

sup

[Stilzkin]

?

[Conformity]

I want to see this shit pass anti-trust. How the fuck can cable providers start competing against the channels in which they provide. This will be interesting.

[Plow]

So now NBC will have shitty reception and horrible customer service?

I didn't know comcast ran cbs.

[510Meeze]

Comcast should hook up with a good channel and make NBC and CBS go away.