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FCC agrees that Comcast discriminated against the NFL Network


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I understand Time Warner not carrying NFL Network - that's their right.

 

However, things get really murky when a company owns channels AND the delivery mechanism. It's one of the big reasons I was in favor of HD DVD vs Blu-Ray, bceause Sony owns the movie studio, the largest stake in the format (licensing fees), and makes players.

 

Seems like the FCC agrees:

 

http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/10/11/the-f...the-nfl-networ/

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I understand Time Warner not carrying NFL Network - that's their right.

 

However, things get really murky when a company owns channels AND the delivery mechanism. It's one of the big reasons I was in favor of HD DVD vs Blu-Ray, bceause Sony owns the movie studio, the largest stake in the format (licensing fees), and makes players.

 

Seems like the FCC agrees.

 

http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/10/11/the-f...#readercomments

 

 

I think this just means that if Comcast is going to carry it then they have to put it on the basic tier. It doesn't say they can't dump them after their contract expires.

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