Comcast Roundup: Critics says Comcast-NBC deal could cost consumers $2.4B, Olbermann fallout and More
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DEFINITE READS
- Competitors say Comcast, NBC merger could cost consumers $2B — The extra $2.4 billion in consumer costs would come from “unrestrained pricing power,” an opposing trade group reports.
- Comcast Faces Government Questions on Online Video in NBC Universal Deal [Bloomberg] Comcast’s role in influencing the future of online video and how its paid for has been an ongoing and central question around regulation of its majority take of NBCU. H/T PTN
- Who Will Head MSNBC if Comcast Takes Over? [Huffington Post] Progressives concerned about the role Comcast ownership would have on left-friendly MSNBC network. Comcast representatives have pledged to not interfere with editorial content upon ownership.
Below, a Senator says MSNBC host Keith Olbermann was suspended because of his criticism of Comcast-NBC deal, Hulu CEO projects $240M in 2010 and more.
