The FCC Media Bureau granted two Comcast petitions...
The FCC Media Bureau granted two Comcast petitions to exempt it from municipal rate-setting for basic-video and some other prices in 24 communities in Ohio (http://bit.ly/11SulzP) and seven in Illinois (http://bit.ly/Yhs04m), said filings posted in FCC docket 12-1 this week.…
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Comcast’s petitions cited video competition from DirecTV and Dish Network. The deregulation in Ohio will affect just under 60,000 households, including the communities of Fairfield, Pease, East Liverpool, and St. Clair. The deregulation in Illinois will affect just under 16,000, including the towns of Danville, Chrisman, and Philo. The FCC also granted two effective competition petitions from Time Warner Cable, for 11 communities in Ohio (http://bit.ly/12dmADl) and for the town of Bradbury, Calif. (http://bit.ly/188ieTX). TWC cited competition from DirecTV and Dish Network in both petitions. The TWC deregulation will affect around 15,000 households in Ohio, including the city of Bellefontaine, and towns of Stokes and Washington. The deregulation will affect 354 households in Bradbury. TWC has also filed an effective competition petition with the FCC asking for deregulation in Orchard Park, NY (http://bit.ly/ZZpZ7b ) and another for around 17,000 households in 24 other New York communities (http://bit.ly/14JaMzm), including Jamestown, Tupper Lake, and Falconer.