DOJ/FTC To Look At Bundled Pricing

The Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission want to hear from stakeholders on the pros and cons of the bundled-pricing model that has become the cable industry's -- make that the cable, broadband, wireless, phone, home security industry's -- bread and butter.

The agencies are teaming on a June 24 joint workshop on "conditional pricing practices." They say the goal is to understand the harms and benefits of conditional pricing, including bundled pricing, and to look at how they are treated under antitrust laws.