Bloomberg TV wants out of the sticks

Bloomberg TV remains stuck in channel line-up Siberia — and it wants to come in from the cold. The owner of the business news cable channel has written a letter to federal regulators asking them to force Comcast to comply with a previous order to move Bloomberg TV closer to rival CNBC.

On 59 Comcast systems, CNBC, owned by the cable operator, is located much lower on the channel line-up — near higher rated channels, which is a more desirable location. Bloomberg TV is located a hundred or so places higher. Four months ago, the Federal Communications Commission, after Comcast’s acquisition of NBCUniversal, parent of CNBC, ordered the cable company to move Bloomberg TV into CNBC’s neighborhood as to not favor its own station. But nothing has happened. “Comcast should be directed to immediately neighborhood Bloomberg TV in all of those markets,” said Bloomberg in the letter to the FCC.