Comcast: We'll Fight FCC's Terrestrial Loophole Order > Story of America. Lets level the playing field.

reply to kleinml

Re: Story of America. Lets level the playing field.

Right. So it's understandable why they'll fight to hold on to it, just as it's understandable why Verizon is dumping copper to get rid of the pesky anticompetitive line sharing regulations.

reply to fifty nine
Line sharing and content sharing are not the same thing.

If you want Verizon to open up their FiOS network then all other cable providers need to allow other companies to offer triple play services over THEIR CABLE LINES. That is line sharing. This has nothing to do with content sharing.

#2. Verizon has no interest in News 12, that's why they created and continue to develop FiOS 1. However, regarding MSG HD, Verizon's argument is that CV provides the channel to other cable providers and to DirecTV, but arbitrarily decide not to offer it to Verizon. This is like back during civil rights movement when certain businesses would arbitrarily decide who can get service from them and who can't.

So if you want Verizon to share their lines, that's fine, let Cablevision and Comcast share their lines as well. But please don't compare it to content sharing because the two are not the same.

3- My recommendation to Verizon: Buy Disney, and say you will withhold Disney, ABC, ESPN from every cable company and I guarantee you won't have any problems getting access to the content you want and let the cable companies keep their terrestrial loophole.