Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age (66 page)

HR 5158 (proposed 1974),
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Huber, Robert,
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Hughes, Howard,
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Hulu,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Hundt, Reed,
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Huntington, Samuel,
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Huval, Terry,
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Hyman, David,
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Ianniello, Joe,
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ICC.
See
Interstate Commerce Commission

Immelt, Jeffrey,
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,
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Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA),
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Independent programming: blocked by control over content,
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; blocked by high-speed access limitations,
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; Comcast's policy on,
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Instant Messaging (IM) services,
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Institute for Local Self-Reliance,
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Internet access: as common global medium,
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; deregulation of industry,
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,
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; FCC allowing creation of multiple communication technologies for,
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,
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; monopolist behavior in,
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; open-access mandates,
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,
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,
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; public benefits of,
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.
See also
Cable industry; High-speed Internet access; Wireless access

Internet Policy Statement (FCC 2005),
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Interstate commerce,
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Interstate Commerce Act (1887),
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Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC),
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iPads,
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iPhones,
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Isaac, Mike,
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ISP access: cable,
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; dial-up,
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; open-access,
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,
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iTunes,
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Jackson, Jesse,
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Jha, Sanjay,
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JPMorgan Chase,
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Justice Department: Antitrust Division,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; blocking railway mergers (1909–1940s),
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; intervention over CSN Philadelphia access,
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; in MCI antitrust suit against AT&T,
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; monitoring programming contracts in future,
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; suit to block AT&T–TMobile merger,
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Kagan, Elena,
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Kessler, Andy,
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Kilar, Jason,
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Knox, Philander,
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Kohl, Herb,
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Koutsky, Thomas,
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Labor relations,
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Last-mile network providers,
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Ledbetter, Jim,
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Lee, James B.,
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Lee, Sheila Jackson,
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Leghorn, Richard,
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Level 3 deal with Netflix,
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Levin, Gerald,
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,
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Levy, Steven,
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Liberty Media,
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,
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Lipton, Eric,
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Lobbyists: against local fiber networks,
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; AT&T for TMobile merger,
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; Cohen leading,
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; Comcast's lobbying strategy for NBCU merger,
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; railroad lawyers as,
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Long-distance phone service,
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Los Angeles Times
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LUS Fiber,
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Madison, Paula,
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Maffei, Greg,
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,
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Malarkey, Martin,
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Malone, John: on AOL merger,
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; on blending of connectivity and content,
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; on cable industry's growth,
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; on cable regulation,
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,
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,
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,
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; on Comcast's proposed merger with NBCU,
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,
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,
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; on Comcast's size,
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; on costs to consumers,
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; critics of,
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; on margin squeeze of cable programmers,
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; on multiple distribution channels,
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; on online video,
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; and QVC purchase,
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; on retransmission consent,
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; on Roberts and Comcast,
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,
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; on sports programming,
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; and TCI development,
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; on vertical integration,
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; on video market,
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; on wireless,
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.
See also
TCI

Mann-Elkins Act (1910),
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Markey, Ed,
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Martin, Kevin,
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McAdam, Lowell,
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MCI,
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Media Action Grassroots Network,
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Merger of AOL and Time Warner.
See
AOL–Time Warner

Merger of AT&T and TMobile,
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; background of,
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; benefits of,
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; compared to Comcast-NBCU merger,
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,
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; and competitive environment,
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; as horizontal,
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; Justice Department suit to block,
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; positive effect on AT&T,
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; and Sprint's status,
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Merger of Baby Bells,
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Merger of Comcast and NBCU: Antitrust Division's review,
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; approval of,
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; Comcast's strategy for,
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,
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; compared to AOL–Time Warner merger,
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,
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; compared to AT&T–TMobile merger,
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,
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; conditions of,
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; consumer benefits of,
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,
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; critics of,
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,
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,
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,
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; and fair access to Comcast programming,
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; FCC handling of,
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; financial aspects of,
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; forces leading to,
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,
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,
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; Franken on,
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; inevitability of,
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; initial FCC filing,
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; jet purchased for related travel,
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; leading to TV Everywhere,
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,
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; leak about,
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; lobbying for,
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; meetings of GE with Comcast,
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; minority issues raised at hearings,
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; NBC network affiliates’ reaction to,
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; political contributions, effect on,
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; pricing aspects of FCC approval,
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; public-interest advocates, defusing of,
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; and public-interest commitments,
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,
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; Rendell on,
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; resulting company's business,
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,
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,
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; resulting regulatory environment,
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; Roberts’ description of,
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; Roberts’ testimony about,
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,
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,
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; Rush's hearing in Chicago,
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,
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; and Specter,
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; and sports programming,
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,
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,
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,
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; supporters’ views on,
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; as symbol of U.S. flagging competition,
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; as vertical integration,
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; Waters's hearing in Los Angeles,
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Meridian, Mississippi,
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Michigan public, educational, and governmental (PEG) channels,
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Microsoft,
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“Middle mile” optical fiber backbone installations,
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Minorities,
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Mississippi, Comcast in,
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MLB (Major League Baseball),
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Modified Final Judgment (MFJ, 1984),
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Moffett, Craig,
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Moonves, Leslie,
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Morgan, J. Pierpont,
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Morris, Edmund,
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Mozy,
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MSNBC,
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Municipalities: cable franchises,
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; fiber and high-speed Internet access provided locally,
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Murdoch, Rupert,
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Muzak,
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NAACP,
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National Broadband Plan,
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,
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,
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National Cable & Telecommunications Association,
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National Cable Television Cooperative,
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National Coalition of African American Owned Media,
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NBA (National Basketball Association),
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NBC Sports Network,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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NBC Universal (NBCU): African American charges that programming lacked diversity,
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; Chiller network,
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; description of business of,
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,
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; financial analysis of business,
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,
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,
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; General Electric as owner of,
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,
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; history of,
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; history of sports programming on,
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; negativity toward AOL–Time Warner merger,
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,
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; programming assets of,
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,
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,
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; and retransmission consent,
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; video viewed online, market share of,
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.
See also
Merger of Comcast and NBCU