New Group Eyes Adelphia Conditions

[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Ted Hearn]
A coalition including DirecTV and EchoStar Communications announced Wednesday that is putting pressure on regulators to condition the takeover of Adelphia Communications by Comcast and Time Warner. DirecTV and EchoStar -- the country's largest satellite-TV providers, with 26 million subscribers combined -- fear either losing access to regional sports networks carried by Comcast and Time Warner or getting access but paying unfair rates. For several years, the two satellite carriers have complained about their inability to distribute Comcast SportsNet in Philadelphia. The coalition is formally called the Competition and Diversity Coalition on the Adelphia Transaction (CADCAT). It also includes The America Channel, which claimed that it can't get carriage from Comcast and that it is being unfairly treated by the 22 million-subscriber cable giant.
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