said by Z80A: quote:
DirecTV and Dish Network still must show that Comcast's exclusive right to the Phillies, Sixers, and Flyers through Comcast SportsNet has hurt them competitively, which Cohen says is not a slam dunk.
Uh, what is the point of Comcast spending millions on this network and fighting to keep it exclusive if it doesn't hurt competitors. That is the whole frakkin' point. They offer triple play to hurt competitors, powerboost to hurt competitors, intro deals to hurt competitors...
Actions done to further their competitive position are by definition there to hurt competitors to Comcast's benefit. If it isn't hurting competitors (by driving subs and keeping subs on Comcast), then they shouldn't be spending millions on it.
I'd stand up and say, "Of course it hurts our competitors. That is why we spent millions of dollars and years of effort building that network and getting exclusive deals just like DirecTV spends a zillion dollars for NFL Sunday Ticket and Verizon spends billions deploying FTTH." They should be tying this to every competitive action everyone in every industry takes.
you really need to come live in canada where w\once htey get 100% control prices skyrocket and offerings dwindle
