Comcast 'Proud' of Track Record on NBCU Deal Conditions
Comcast’s fourth annual report on its implementation of the conditions on its buy of control in NBCUniversal shows a “proud” track record, Executive Vice President David Cohen said in a blog post Tuesday. “Not a single multichannel video programming distributor…
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or programmer has requested arbitration or filed a program carriage complaint" in the four years since the FCC approved the deal, Cohen said. Comcast reached content license agreements with Amazon, Crackle, Hulu and Netflix, he noted. Comcast “continued our fair dealings with online video distributors,” Cohen said. Comcast also has added more than 20 independent networks and “expanded the quality and quantity of diverse programming” on its on-demand and online offerings to more than 5,800 combined hours in 2014, Cohen said. That’s an increase of 94 percent over 2013, he said.