Genachowski Ready to OK Comcast-NBCU

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski wants to give the green light to the Comcast-NBC joint venture … with conditions. Senior FCC officials revealed during a telephone press briefing Dec 23 that an order to do just that is being circulating among the other four commissioners. The order imposes certain conditions on the proposed merger; they were not spelled out during the press briefing. However, FCC officials indicated that the order covers issues dealing with program access, program carriage, on-line access and broadcast matters addressing localism and diversity.