Comcast cuts the cord (feed) of its NBC-U channels to 17+
million Charter Communications customers?
Emboldened by its scale and negotiating heft after its 2016 purchases of
Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks to become the second largest cable/broadband
provider, Charter is pushing back on a proposed deal offered by Comcast to
continue carrying its valued content, including NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, Bravo, and
Telemundo.
Will one firm blink before the highly anticipated
professional football game between the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions airs
on Sunday night? Since the largest MVPD,
Comcast, does not compete in local markets against the third largest MVPD,
Charter, the beneficiary of a badly-timed or prolonged dispute could be
AT&T/DirecTV. At least this time
around!
