By Michael Grebb CableFAX
2011 Access Intelligence LLC. January 18, 2011
And so let be written: Comcast and NBCU are now one. The FCC's approval and Justice Dept. sign-off minutes later this afternoon essentially consummates this marriage of distribution and content powerhouses. It has been a long and winding road for Comcast as it tirelessly lobbied and cajoled policymakers over the last year or so. The company has spent millions in the process and "voluntarily" offered up a number of pre-emptive concessions, including more channel space for indie programming and various promises not to unfairly discriminate against other content owners and distributors.
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