The company's actions "do not bode well for future competition if Comcast is allowed to buy NBC," Cooper said.Ĭomcast had argued that people who download movies from sites such as BitTorrent are using more than their fair share of the available bandwidth, causing a decline in service quality for other users. "Comcast has raised cable rates for consumers every year, and is among the lowest-ranked companies in terms of customer service," said Mark Cooper, director of research at the Consumer Federation of America.Ĭooper pointed out that in August 2008, the Federal Communications Commission ordered Comcast to stop interfering with the activity of customers who use peer-to-peer networks to download online video.
"Because both the cable programming market and the broader video programming market will remain highly competitive, the proposed transaction will not reduce competition or diversity, nor will it lead to higher programming prices to. Roberts also addressed the issue of pricing. Terms of the merger call for Comcast to manage and own 51% of NBC Universal, with General Electric Co.
Roberts argued that Comcast's commitment to faster broadband speeds demonstrates its willingness to allow a greater number of consumers to watch robust video content online, rather than fewer. The cable mogul also vowed not to move free, "over-the-air" programming to cable, and then make the online versions of those shows available only to subscribers.
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Roberts said he knew "of no reason" why Wow wouldn't have access to TV Everywhere content, adding that the programming would all be available to competing cable, satellite and phone companies. So there is an issue of other companies being blocked from access today." "We were told the technology isn't ready. "We got excuses like, it's not launched - even though it's been launched to 14 million subscribers," she said. Wow was unable to offer some of the shows Comcast offers under the "TV Everywhere" umbrella, Abdoulah said. He then pointed to online video providers such as Hulu, which is 32% owned by NBC Universal), as well as Amazonīut Colleen Abdoulah, chief executive of Wow Internet Cable and Phone, said her company was prevented from having access to some of the premium online programming now offered by Philadelphia-based Comcast.Īre at the forefront of an initiative called "TV Everywhere," which seeks to make a number of shows not otherwise available online to customers of their respective systems. "Millions of households purchase or rent DVDs from one of thousands of national, regional, or local retail outlets," Chairman Brian Roberts said, pointing to Wal-Mart, Blockbuster, Netflix and others. Brian Roberts, chairman and chief executive of Comcast, in a 2009 file photo.
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