Sanders Reiterates Opposition To Comcast/NBCU

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Comcast/NBCU deal critic and Independent Senator
Bernie Sanders of Vermont sent letters to the FCC and Justice Tuesday asking
them to block the Comcast/NBCU deal.

Sanders says the meld would "drive up cable
television prices and stifle the free flow of information."

He has been on the record against the deal for some time, saying it
would not be in the public interest. His office said Tuesday that more than
2,300 people have raised their own objections via an online form on his Web
site,
and made a similar call of "no deal" last month.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.