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“If policymakers are to
insist on conditions for large mergers and other transactions, it is essential
that those conditions are enforced with all deliberate speed. We worry about the length of time it
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“We commend the FCC’s Media
Bureau for their decision almost entirely upholding Bloomberg’s complaint
against Comcast in the placing of independent news channels on Comcast’s cable
systems.
“If policymakers are to
insist on conditions for large mergers and other transactions, it is essential
that those conditions are enforced with all deliberate speed. We worry about the length of time it
took for this complaint to be resolved. While the FCC has an informal 180-day ‘shot clock’ for major
transactions, this relatively minor complaint has been pending for nearly a
year, and the discussions surrounding it have been ongoing for months longer.
“That it has taken the
Commission this long to decide one simple issue raises the question whether
complex mergers and transactions should be subject to numerous conditions, or
simply rejected out of hand. The
Commission should bear this in mind as it considers whether to reshape the
telecommunications landscape in the transaction between Verizon and major cable
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