The Tennis Channel criticized the NCTA for disagreeing (CD July 26...
The Tennis Channel criticized the NCTA for disagreeing (CD July 26 p5) with the FCC’s recent decision in favor of the network in its program carriage dispute with Comcast. “It needs to be noted that 1) Comcast is the largest…
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dues payer in the NCTA; 2) the most recent ex-president and CEO of the NCTA, Kyle McSlarrow, is now head of Comcast’s lobbying and government affairs office in Washington, D.C.; 3) Brian Roberts, Comcast Corporation chairman and CEO, has been a multiterm chairman of the NCTA board of directors and remains a board member at this time; and 4) Neil Smit, president and CEO, Comcast Cable/executive vice president, Comcast Corporation, is currently secretary of the NCTA executive committee,” the Tennis Channel said. “Additionally, independent programmers, while members of the NCTA, generally have no representation within the organization."