Comments on: Don’t regulate Comcast-NBC merger: Ban it! E-book angle included http://www.teleread.com/drm/dont-regulate-comcast-nbc-merger-ban-it-e-book-angle-included/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mags http://www.teleread.com/drm/dont-regulate-comcast-nbc-merger-ban-it-e-book-angle-included/comment-page-1/#comment-1150476 Mags Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:32:08 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/12/07/dont-regulate-comcast-nbc-merger-ban-it-e-book-angle-included/#comment-1150476 They're already doing it. In Philadelphia, where Comcast owns our hockey and basketball teams, the sports channel that shows nearly all (not just home) games for the Flyers and Sixers, AND most of the Phillies games, is only available to Comcast subscribers. If you choose to subscribe to a satellite service, you can't get that sports channel. I think Verizon FIOS subscribers can get it. But DirectTV or DishNetwork, forget it. They’re already doing it. In Philadelphia, where Comcast owns our hockey and basketball teams, the sports channel that shows nearly all (not just home) games for the Flyers and Sixers, AND most of the Phillies games, is only available to Comcast subscribers. If you choose to subscribe to a satellite service, you can’t get that sports channel. I think Verizon FIOS subscribers can get it. But DirectTV or DishNetwork, forget it.

]]> By: Kosst Amojan http://www.teleread.com/drm/dont-regulate-comcast-nbc-merger-ban-it-e-book-angle-included/comment-page-1/#comment-1150474 Kosst Amojan Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:21:47 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/12/07/dont-regulate-comcast-nbc-merger-ban-it-e-book-angle-included/#comment-1150474 So basically you don't want this merger because Comcast won't favor net neutrality and won't do a good job? When has either of those reasons stopped companies from merging? And if you were honest you would have mentioned several of the benefits this merger could bring. So basically you don’t want this merger because Comcast won’t favor net neutrality and won’t do a good job? When has either of those reasons stopped companies from merging?

And if you were honest you would have mentioned several of the benefits this merger could bring.

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