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Comcast Buys Remainder of NBC For $16.9 Billion → Content provider + content deliverer = less competition

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Morac Cat god join:2001-08-30 Riverside, NJ	Morac Member 2013-Feb-12 6:08 pm Content provider + content deliverer = less competition This deal seals Comcast as a content provider seeing as it will own all of NBC Universal. Comcast also owns Xfinity which is a content deliverer. What happens when deals that would benefit Xfinity (such as peering with Netflix's Open network) would result in competition with NBC Universal? Hint: It's less competition.
	actions · 2013-Feb-12 6:08 pm ·
wizkid6 join:2002-03-31 Opelika, AL	wizkid6 Member 2013-Feb-12 6:14 pm quote: Comcast also owns Xfinity Xfinity is a brand, not a subsidiary. Comcast is the service provider, not "Xfinity."
	actions · 2013-Feb-12 6:14 pm ·
Morac Cat god join:2001-08-30 Riverside, NJ	Morac Member 2013-Feb-12 6:20 pm said by wizkid6: Xfinity is a brand, not a subsidiary. Comcast is the service provider, not "Xfinity." That's a nit-pick on my choice of words. My point still stands.
	actions · 2013-Feb-12 6:20 pm ·
jjeffeory jjeffeory join:2002-12-04 Bloomington, IN	jjeffeory to Morac Member 2013-Feb-12 7:05 pm to Morac I thought Xfinity was a Comcast brand, not a separate company from Comcast?
	actions · 2013-Feb-12 7:05 pm ·
cdru Go Colts MVM join:2003-05-14 Fort Wayne, IN	cdru to Morac MVM 2013-Feb-12 7:35 pm to Morac Comcast was already the majority owner. Whatever it wanted to do it could already do. Nothing much changes regarding your subject line prior to this buyout or after.
	actions · 2013-Feb-12 7:35 pm ·
EdmondsFios join:2010-09-02 Edmonds, WA	EdmondsFios to wizkid6 Member 2013-Feb-13 1:40 am to wizkid6 Thank you for the clarification. It is bothersome when misstatements become fact and this takes care of that.
	actions · 2013-Feb-13 1:40 am ·
axus join:2001-06-18 Washington, DC	axus to wizkid6 Member 2013-Feb-13 10:57 am to wizkid6 Yep, Comcast owns the Xfinity brand. It looks like they succeeded in separating their tarnished "Comcast" brand from the "Xfinity" name.
	actions · 2013-Feb-13 10:57 am ·
Cheese Premium Member join:2003-10-26 Naples, FL	Cheese to Morac Premium Member 2013-Feb-13 1:22 pm to Morac How can your point stand when it's wrong? Xfinity is not a content provider.
	actions · 2013-Feb-13 1:22 pm ·
Morac Cat god join:2001-08-30 Riverside, NJ 1 recommendation	Morac Member 2013-Feb-13 4:14 pm said by Cheese: How can your point stand when it's wrong? Xfinity is not a content provider. Xfinity is a content deliverer. NBC University is a content provider. Both are now Comcast. Comcast can prefer it's own content over Internet video competitors (for example Netflix) by simply excluding or simply refusing to negotiate with them. Q.E.D.
	actions · 2013-Feb-13 4:14 pm ·
Cheese Premium Member join:2003-10-26 Naples, FL	Cheese Premium Member 2013-Feb-13 7:03 pm said by Morac: said by Cheese: How can your point stand when it's wrong? Xfinity is not a content provider. Xfinity is a content deliverer. It's a BRAND...
	actions · 2013-Feb-13 7:03 pm ·
Morac Cat god join:2001-08-30 Riverside, NJ	Morac Member 2013-Feb-14 10:14 am said by Cheese: said by Morac: said by Cheese: How can your point stand when it's wrong? Xfinity is not a content provider. Xfinity is a content deliverer. It's a BRAND... So are you saying that Comcast doesn't offer broadband services under the Xfinity name? If not then I don't see what point you are trying to make other than just arguing for arguments sake. Comcast offers both broadband services (content deliverer) as well as shows produced by NBC Universal (content provider).
	actions · 2013-Feb-14 10:14 am ·

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