Public Interest Groups Oppose Comcast-NBC Merger — Find Out Why
A broad group of industry, labor and public interest organizations, including Consumers Union, have written to the White House and Congress with deep concerns about Comcast’s proposed acquisition of...
View ArticleConsumers Union Raises Concerns about NBC-Comcast
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, February 3, 2010, Washington, DC— The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust and the House Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet will hold...
View ArticleWashington Must Protect Consumers in Proposed Comcast/NBC-Universal Deal
Lawmakers in Washington will hopefully be asking a lot of tough questions when executives from Comcast and NBC-Universal come before them today to discuss their proposed merger. Like most everyone...
View ArticleComcast Takeover of NBC Could Block NFL Fans
The two best teams in football over the last decade get together for one of the most anticipated games of the season this week. Between them, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New England Patriots have...
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Consumers Union Launches New Campaign Against Comcast Takeover of NBC
WASHINGTON, D.C, November 30, 2010. — Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports and this blog, is stepping up its effort to urge federal regulators to reject Comcast’s bid to buy NBC...
View ArticleVideo: Sen. Sanders Opposes Comcast Takeover of NBCU
Sen. Bernie Sanders has posted a video in opposition to Comcast’s pending takeover of NBC Universal. The lawmaker from Vermont is deeply concerned about the deal which would give the country’s biggest...
View ArticleConsumers Union: Net Neutrality Rules Should be Strictly Applied to...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today prepared to approve new rules for network neutrality, Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, called on...
View ArticleConsumers Union Statement on FCC Order on Comcast-NBC
December 23, 2010 WASHINGTON, D.C., December 23, 2010 – Parul P. Desai, policy counsel for Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, made the following statement today as the...
View ArticleConsumer Groups Say Regulators’ Conditions for Comcast-NBC Come with Real...
WASHINGTON, D.C, January 18, 2011 — As federal regulators today moved toward approval of Comcast’s acquisition of NBC Universal, Consumers Union (CU), the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, and...
View ArticleComcast-NBC: Not Perfect, but FCC and Justice Department Conditons Should...
Earlier this week the government approved the super-sized deal allowing Comcast, which is already both the country’s largest cable television company and Internet service provider, to purchase control...
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