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Originally Posted by dragon4dudes
In other words, effectively Comcast owns NBC/Universal (majority of the shares). Also, not a bad way to get some customers that want to watch NBC/Universal besides the basic channel. Comcast can now exclude Verzion from distributing NBC/Universal. FiOS was epically thrashing the Comcast TV.
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Well, not entirely. NBC's network programming is carried by local affiliate broadcast stations that must be carried by all cable systems in their local markets. So I wouldn't expect to see Jay Leno disappear from FiOS systems any time soon. A more complicated issue concerns services like MSNBC or UniversalHD which aren't governed by the "must-carry" rules. Still we FiOS subscribers do get current Comcast networks like The Golf Channel, so it's not entirely clear how things will pan out. Not offering your services to an operator that reaches millions of homes means less advertising revenue for the channel operator, not to mention those monthly per-subscriber fees for carriage. (Popular networks like ESPN command
per-subscriber fees of $3-4/month regardless of who actually watches their channels.)
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Originally Posted by Nightmar
how do you post a thread on this site im new on this website
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