Groups Oppose Charter Deal; Nvidia Seeks Curbs; Charter Eyes OK
Charter Communications’ purchase of Bright House and Time Warner Cable would give Charter the power to “squelch” content creators and hurt competition, said Free Press, the Future of Music Coalition, the National Hispanic Media Coalition and 19 other public interest…
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groups in a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler posted Monday in docket 15-149. “We are dismayed by rumors and reports that the FCC is considering an order to approve this disastrous deal,” the letter said. “This merger serves no one but the companies backing it and should be blocked.” A Charter spokesman told us the cable company has continued “to demonstrate the significant benefits that put these transactions squarely in the public interest.” Charter looks forward to “receiving regulatory approval and bringing these benefits to consumers,“ the spokesman said. If the deal is OK’d, approval should include conditions prohibiting Charter from “continuing to restrict, degrade, and interfere with the use of NVIDIA’s SHIELD TV device and other lawful, non-harmful devices,” Nvidia told an aide to Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel in a meeting Thursday, said an ex parte filing posted Tuesday.