Free Press Denounces FCC Approval of Comcast-NBC Merger

[babsbunny]

http://www.freepress.net/press-release/2011/1/18/free-press-denounces-fcc-approval-comcast-nbc-merger

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: January 18, 2011
Contact: Jenn Ettinger, 202-265-1490 x 35

WASHINGTON -- According to press reports on Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission announced its decision, by a vote of 4-1, to approve the merger of Comcast and NBC Universal, one of the largest media mergers in history. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and Commissioners Mignon Clyburn, Meredith Attwell Baker and Robert McDowell voted for the merger, while Commissioner Michael Copps dissented.

Tuesday’s vote will allow Comcast, the nation's largest cable and residential broadband provider, to take control of NBC Universal, a major content provider and the owner of national English- and Spanish-language broadcast networks, more than two dozen local TV stations, numerous cable news and entertainment channels, and movie studios. With the FCC's blessing, Comcast-NBC will now control one in every five television viewing hours.

[lib2DaBone]

1. ..of course...anything that might benefit the consumer never entered into the discussion...

..Now we can enjoy Rush Limbaugh in HD via 3-G wireless ... 24/7....