Roberts Calls for Sports Dialogue

ROBERTS CALLS FOR SPORTS DIALOGUE
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Ted Hearn]
Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts Thursday called for an industry debate on whether all cable subscribers or just die-hard fans should absorb the cost of expensive sports networks. “I think it’s time to call for a dialogue, a serious dialogue on this subject. We would be very willing to participate without pre-conditions as to what the solution is. And I think there’s a lot at stake and it’s accelerating and it’s the moment right now,” Roberts said in a question period after a speech to the Progress & Freedom Foundation. Pressure was building, he added, as a result of network launches by professional sports leagues and college associations. He noted that in July, the U.S. Olympic Committee revealed that it was considering its own 24-hour network.
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