Comcast and its NBCUniversal aren’t trying to “modify or rewrite”...
Comcast and its NBCUniversal aren’t trying to “modify or rewrite” an FCC condition in last year’s order letting Comcast purchase a controlling stake in NBCU, the companies said. They said that’s “contrary to suggestions by various commenters” on the two…
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companies’ request to change terms of a protective order so some executives at Comcast and NBCUniversal can see deals online video distributors (OVDs) have with other programmers when an OVD seeks to use a benchmark condition in the FCC order. The change “merely seeks a procedural clarification to enable efficient compliance with the condition -- to the benefit of OVDs -- while safeguarding the legitimate interests of content owners,” Comcast and NBCUniversal said in reply comments (http://xrl.us/bm4d6h). They were the only replies posted in docket 10-56 as of Wednesday afternoon. Broadcast, cable and film programmers have opposed Comcast and NBCUniversal’s request (CD April 5 p4). “At bottom, the commenters’ real objection relates to the wisdom of those policy decisions, not the Request,” the reply said.