Charter/TWC/BHN Broadband Conditions Should Be 10 Years, PK Says
Extending Charter Communications' broadband-related voluntary conditions to 10 years would ensure online video "has an opportunity to grow without being thwarted by cable incumbents," Public Knowledge President Gene Kimmelman told FCC officials in a meeting on PK's concerns about Charter…
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buying Bright House Networks and Time Warner Cable. "A ten-year duration for conditions provides a sufficient window for investors to have confidence that new business models will have a chance to develop and for streaming competitors to become established," Kimmelman told FCC staff including Owen Kendler, who's heading the working team overseeing the deals, said a filing Monday in docket 15-149. Any Charter/TWC/BHN approval also should address potential set-top box and programming diversity harms, PK said. In a statement Tuesday, Charter said it's "proud of the commitments we’ve made and [is] confident our transactions will deliver significant public interest benefits. We will continue to work with the regulatory agencies towards their timely approval."