  SteimesI make internetsPremium
join:2002-01-08
Belle Vernon, PA
kudos:1 | congress = comcast? Freudian slip? | |
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 bigunkGort, Klattu Birada Nikto
join:2001-02-10
USA | Approval... "meaning that once closed, the deal could take another year or more for approval."
Meaning finding the right congressmen and determining the right amount to bribe them with. | |
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 |  ThrowDemsOutIf you can't convince 'em, confuse 'emPremium
join:2002-03-03
Mullica Hill, NJ
kudos:4 | Re: Approval... said by bigunk:"meaning that once closed, the deal could take another year or more for approval." Meaning finding the right congressmen and determining the right amount to bribe them with. No, meaning that bureaucrats take way too long to do anything. If regulatory agencies aren't given time limits to rule, then they would take forever given the nature of bureaucrats. The FCC, for certain things, have limits defining when they must approve or disapprove. I am not sure what those limits are, if any, on ruling on mergers.
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| | bigunkGort, Klattu Birada Nikto
join:2001-02-10
USA | Re: Approval... You're right. They take way too long. Why? They're waiting for the stack of moolah to get high enough. It's a game. | |
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| | |  The Dv8orJust call me Dong Suck Oh, M.D.Premium
join:2001-08-09
Denver, CO | Re: Approval... said by bigunk:You're right. They take way too long. Why? They're waiting for the stack of moolah to get high enough. It's a game. Yet if it went through quickly, you'd be all over how they just pushed it throug because they were bribed.
Yeah, Congress works in a lot of shitty ways, but it's always a no-win situation with you people.
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| | | | bigunkGort, Klattu Birada Nikto
join:2001-02-10
USA | Re: Approval... True that. Never works for we the people. Or if it does, it's the small shit that makes no real difference in our lives. Then the politicians crow about how effective they are by showing us how they moved quickly on ineffective things. They then get voted in again, and it's wash-rinse-repeat.
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| | | | | | | Re: Approval... said by bigunk:True that. Never works for we the people. Or if it does, it's the small shit that makes no real difference in our lives. Then the politicians crow about how effective they are by showing us how they moved quickly on ineffective things. They then get voted in again, and it's wash-rinse-repeat. Like the $2 from Verizon to Florida customers...
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| | NBC-Universal... a "giant slice"? Funny.
As far as Congress and the FCC taking a long time for approval... I think you're giving them too much credit. | |
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| | Fundamental questions This overlooks the fundamental question: Why would Comcast want to own 49% of NBC in the first place? And if GE was going to dump NBC after the Beijing Olympics, why is it willing to accept this sloppy-seconds alternative? | |
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|  SLDPremium
join:2002-04-17
San Francisco, CA | Re: Fundamental questions I believe, Comcast will own 51%. | |
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| | Killing two birds with one stone. As if I didn't have enough reasons to hate Comcast and NBCU individually having barred them both from my home in perpetuity three years ago ...
Now I don't have to spend any more time debating which is the more vile, repugnant, anti-American, anti-consumer, anti-freedom company; they've combined their hideousness in to one wretched monstrosity that I can focus all my disdain at.
When Republicans mop the floor in 2010 and take back Congress I will be calling my representatives non-stop demanding they put an end to forced bundling by Cable companies and put an end to their ill-gotten gains once and for all. | |
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| | | | Re: Killing two birds with one stone. And that's the very point; what with their 36 viewers they still manage to retain a slot on ever major cable provider and take a slice of every bill because of the practice of forced bundling.
I'll keep hounding my representatives until my grave or until NBC, CNN and other stations I've locked out of my home's viewing selection years ago stop getting a slice of my monthly bill for service they DO NOT provide me and further allowing them to misrepresent to their advertisers that their programming is available in my household. | |
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join:2005-09-28
Dracut, MA | Re: Killing two birds with one stone. if you lock a channel out from being viewed on your own how exactly is this comcast not providing it to you? They are offering the channel, you choose not to watch it, that doesn't mean you should get the cost of channel removed from bill. You want ala carte pricing? Find a sat. provider that will give that to you. | |
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join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY | Re: Killing two birds with one stone. Whoops you are right These propaganda cable news channels are all the same to me.
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| vannyxPremium
join:2003-07-07
Bronx, NY | why wait. Write your elected official now. and during the next election make sure the candidates know that this is important to you. | |
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| | | | Re: Killing two birds with one stone. I have and in 2006 when Republicans were in control of Congress a bill was sponsored to end the practice of forced bundling but then Democrats took over and it was immediately shelved.
Not coincidentally the top ten recipients of campaign contributions from Comcast, Time Warner, NBC Universal and the rest of the cable and entertainment lobby were Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Barrack Obama and the other top members of the Democratic Congressional leadership.
It's a very "sweet" arrangement they have amongst themselves, The cable channels pimp for the Democrats in their programming at every opportunity and the Democrats work to protect their unethical practices and keep the money flowing to them in return, a significant percentage of which goes right back into the campaign coffers.
But it looks good that things are going to finally change in 2010. | |
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| | just think how bad it will be with the Versus thing on chann just think how bad it will be with the Versus thing on channels that have much more views on them.
IT good that they only own 20% of csn Chicago so they will have had time making that cable only. Also I don't thing that the NFL will let them make Sunday night football cable only much less not on OTA for the local area as even the epsn MNF games are on OTA for the local area.
We may end up with the 2012 games cable only (the ios and us ios make be able to stop that) but after that likely fox or espn for 2016 or later.
It time to now plan to have a good bittorrent for SGU in HD if sci-fi goes cable only and you have to pay $75 OR MORE + $8-$10 HD per tv or + $15 - $20 HD DVR per tv to get it in Chicago land vs $75 + $5 for each box after box 1 for HD and DVR on direct tv with out heaving to pay even for the sports pack on comcarp to get speed and fox movie channel. | |
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join:2005-02-14
Northwood, NH | Comcast NBC Deal Could Face FCC Conditions It gives comcast the entire NBC catalog for ondemand viewing | |
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| | | Re: Comcast NBC Deal Could Face FCC Conditions said by ski93:It gives comcast the entire NBC catalog for ondemand viewing that makes you pay for OTA content. | |
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| | Don't cry over spilled milk No One Needs the T.V. programming Comcast offers. Ditch them. Consumer buying power is still a force. Starve their profits.
Their content they offer is built on fiction, fluff, and bs. Ween yourself off of it. | |
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Then there is MSNBC which is the best thing that has ever happened to Foxnews. With Lew Dobbs leaving MSNBC with his 32 viewers what is going to happen now. 
