Regulators' Review of Comcast-NBC Deal Expected to Continue into 2011
Washington Post, December 22, 2010
By Cecilia Kang
Federal regulators are expected to continue their reviews of Comcast's proposed merger with NBC Universal into next year, dashing the companies' hopes that the deal would be tied up more quickly. Regulators are expected to focus on several aspects of the merger that could affect television and Internet video industries. One condition the agency is expected to attach is that Comcast allow its newly acquired library of NBC content also be available to Internet video platforms such as YouTube and Apple TV.
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