Project Concord asked the FCC to make Comcast pay the...
Project Concord asked the FCC to make Comcast pay the costs the online video distributor incurred during a lengthy arbitration over how it can license NBCUniversal movie and TV programming (CD July 13 p11). An arbitrator decided all parties acted…
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ethically during the proceedings. But Project Concord’s attorneys, who include former FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, wrote that the positions taken by NBCUniversal during the arbitration were “contrary to the plain language and intent of the [Comcast-NBCU] Merger Order, and reveals that NBCU believes is cannot prevail on the merits, but rather by outspending, outlasting and attempting to intimidate and discriminate against a competitor in the OVD market."