Comcast celebrates eight victories in regulatory conditions for NBC deal: Roundup

Every Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. EST, find all the stories you need to know about your friendly telecommunications giant in the Comcast Roundup. Get an e-mail subscription for our Comcast news updates.

• Comcast-NBC Deal Wins Federal Approval [Media Decoder: New York Times] — As we shared this week, paving the way for deal closure by month’s end.
• Comcast and NBC venture approved with bevvy of conditions [Washington Post] — Post Tech also did a round up of meaningful perspective on the approval.
• Comcast-NBC Deal: What’s Next? [Deal Journal: Wall Street Journal]
• Comcast’s Biggest Regulatory Win? What The FCC And DOJ Didn’t Do [paidContent] — David L. Cohen claims eight substantive victories H/T PTN
• Senator Al Franken: No joke, Comcast trying to whack Netflix [ars technica]
• Level 3 May Test FCC ‘Open Internet’ Rules In Comcast Fight [Multichannel News] — “Level 3 Communications could mount the first major challenge under the Federal Communications Commission’s recently adopted network neutrality rules, as the Internet backbone provider continues to accuse Comcast of improperly demanding payment to deliver content.”
• Comcast invests in online publishing consultant [Philadelphia Business Journal] — “Comcast Interactive Capital has led a $9 million, fourth-round venture-capital financing of Perfect Market Inc., a Pasadena, Calif., company that helps publishers make more money from their online content.”
• A Digital Niche for Indie Film [Media Decoder: New York Times] — Comcast invests in an indie film distribution company
• NBC-Comcast Merger Approved: What It Means For You [Wonkette] — Slightly NSFW, but worth a chuckle.

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BCNIPhilly Roundup

A week ago today, Technically Philly co-sponsored its first event, BarCamp NewsInnovation Philadelphia.

We were all glad to see members of the Philadelphia community out, and we thank those of you who volunteered your time to help keep the event running smoothly. To see the world’s reaction to the event, head on over to the official BCNI Philly page for a running list of all of the blog posts, photos and videos.

Technically Philly presented on starting a community-based niche news site and offered tips on how attendees could start their own. We talk about why we love Philebrity, why being part of the community you cover is important, and our plans to make this our day job.

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Friday Tech Roundup: Cell phone driving ban, Police brutality spread on social media and More

In which we link out to the tech news from Philly and elsewhere (when it matters) that slips through the cracks and make it way fun. See others here.

• The Philadelphia Business Journal reports that the city’s cell phone ban is for real now. After passing City Council last week, it seemed doomed from statewide angst for a municipality creating a varying driving standard. It seems some state funding is still in danger because of the move.

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Comcast Roundup: Comcast and NetFlix could battle, Buying good coverage and More

One particular company in our region garners more news coverage than any other by far: Comcast, of course.

This is the Comcast Roundup, what may or may not become a regular department of ours.

• The Business Insider reports that as online video streaming develops, companies like NetFlix ought to pay less attention to user generated services like YouTube and more attention to diverse, robust cable and telecommunications giants like, oh, say Comcast. ‘The coming war,’ they call it, and not just to goad you into reading their story, although that worked on us.

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Comcast Roundup: Comcast Center tallest U.S. LEED building and squabbles with Verizon

One particular company in our region garners more news coverage than any other by far: Comcast, of course.

It isn’t the region’s largest employer, nor is it even the biggest or most profitable. It just makes a lot more noise. While we cover some of it and hope to do more, a lot of that noise isn’t worth much more than a sentence or two. But much of it is worth following, and we bet many of you readers would like to, so we’re going to sort everything you need to know.

This is the Comcast Roundup, what may or may not become a regular department of ours (we don’t make promises we can’t keep, except to our illegitimate children).

• The Philadelphia Business Journal reports that the Comcast Center, the tallest building in Center City, has garnered another distinction — the tallest LEED-certified building in the country.

Read more on the company’s continued battles with Verizon, NFL Network, how Comcast might be defending your right to not pay more for heavy Internet use and more.

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