Comcast again asked the Media Bureau to affirm that Bloomberg...
Comcast again asked the Media Bureau to affirm that Bloomberg TV cannot impose HD and standard definition news neighborhooding obligations on the cable operator (http://xrl.us/bnck72). “Bloomberg, by claiming that Comcast has a separate and duplicative neighborhooding obligation as to both…
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its SD and HD feeds is clearly seeking to gain a competitive advantage for Bloomberg TV (BTV) as compared to non-independent news networks,” Comcast wrote Bureau Chief Bill Lake. “The Commission did not adopt the Condition in order to give BTV that type of advantage, and the Bureau did not adopt the condition allow to exploit it to its competitive benefit.” If the bureau disagrees, it should stay its finding pending commission action on Comcast’s pending application for review of the bureau’s carriage order, the operator said.