FCC Releases Its Questions for Comcast and Time Warner Cable
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Federal regulators have asked Comcast Corp. to explain its internet and content policies as part of the U.S. review of the company’s $45.2 billion bid to acquire Time Warner Cable.
Comcast was asked by the Federal Communications Commission in a letter made public today to provide information on a range of its business practices, from programming agreements with sports leagues to internet traffic management and data caps imposed on customers.
The FCC’s demand for data, common as part of any agency review of an acquisition, posed many questions to Comcast that get to the heart of objections raised by consumer groups, competitors and some customers. The queries included whether Comcast slows or hinders programming by rivals, has studies about how consumers view the company’s services and how the merger would affect its carriage of local sports broadcasts.
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