Submitted: March 9, 2006 - 12:55pm
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 1:10am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 1:10am
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Ted Hearn]
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts met with Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin Tuesday to discuss the company’s deal with Time Warner to acquire Adelphia Communications Corp.’s 5 million cable subscribers. Topics discussed at the meeting, initiated by Comcast, included the public-interest benefits of taking Adelphia out of bankruptcy, the controversy over control and pricing of regional sports networks and the debate over whether broadband-access providers should be governed by so-called network-neutrality mandates.
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