From Consumer's Union:
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Comcast owning NBC? From bad to worse!
The long, drawn out battle over who gets to see NFL Football gave us all a window into the kind of control over programming that Comcast will have if it owns NBC.
Comcast claims nothing will change. We don’t believe it. The combined company would own USA Network, SciFi Channel, Oxygen, and A&E among others, along with movie-maker Universal Pictures and a big stake in the now-free online TV service Hulu.com.
It’s likely that our cable rates will increase, as Comcast will charge its cable competitors more to get NBC’s line-up. And those costs will get passed on to us! And it’s likely that a lot of the free content we now get from NBC, like regular network programming and online access at sites like Hulu.com, may disappear and be available only to Comcast customers. Comcast customers can expect to see good programs moved to more expensive "tiers."
The FCC has the final say, and the right to reject this merger if it’s bad for consumers. Email the FCC at the Consumer Union's website:
The long, drawn out battle over who gets to see NFL Football gave us all a window into the kind of control over programming that Comcast will have if it owns NBC.
Comcast claims nothing will change. We don’t believe it. The combined company would own USA Network, SciFi Channel, Oxygen, and A&E among others, along with movie-maker Universal Pictures and a big stake in the now-free online TV service Hulu.com.
It’s likely that our cable rates will increase, as Comcast will charge its cable competitors more to get NBC’s line-up. And those costs will get passed on to us! And it’s likely that a lot of the free content we now get from NBC, like regular network programming and online access at sites like Hulu.com, may disappear and be available only to Comcast customers. Comcast customers can expect to see good programs moved to more expensive "tiers."
The FCC has the final say, and the right to reject this merger if it’s bad for consumers. Email the FCC at the Consumer Union's website:
https://secure.consumersunion.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2287
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