a little late to point this out (Comcast/NBC).....

[BoscoGoldBear]

.....but shouldn't Comcast have to sell its cable cluster in Philly and/or other cities in order to maintain WCAU/10 there (and other clusters and/or TV stations in other cities)? While I'm at it, doesn't Comcast/NBC own a TV station or two in Boston (I'm thinking Telemundo/60 here), a city where Comcast has a major cluster? Comcast should at least be selling the TV station here to a Spanish-friendly buyer?

If indeed Comcast is able to hold on to BOTH the cluster and TV station in the SAME market (Philly), then that sets a dangerous precedent. Who is to tell Cox that they can't sweep into Orlando, Tampa and Atlanta with new cable clusters, cities where they already have a TV and/or radio presence: 6 FMs in Tampa; 2 TVs, 1 AM and 5 FMs in O-Town; and 1 TV, 1 AM and 4 FMs in Hotlanta?

Just a thought!

 

[JeeperOne]

The thing with Boston (And other cities as well) is that not only is Comcast in Boston, but there's also a CSN there (Which used to be FSN New England).

When you add on the other cities & if Comcast were to dump the cable systems there, the question that would surface would be WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD NBC HAVE TO BUILD AN RSO NETWORK ON/WITH ?????

If Comcast were to dump the cable systems in places where they have an NBC and/or Telemundo O&O, NBC would have to do what CBS did & just simply create ONE channel for the entire nation as there just aren't enough non-CSN, non-FSN RSOs to cover the entire country (And all of them have primary affiliation with ESPN to begin with but have an alternate channel which I'm sure they're eager to program 24/7 if they could & had a network source like NBC to utilize whenever they wanted)

In short, it would be cheaper & more feasible for Comcast to simply dump the stations & keep the cable systems than it would to do the opposite IMO

Cheers

 

[KML0224]

Would that apply in Hartford/New Haven? Comcast is the franchise for Hartford, New Britain, Bristol, Middletown and New Haven. (I think Danbury has them, too, but they're in the New York City DMA.) Anyways, WVIT-TV channel 30 of New Britain/Hartford is an NBC owned-and-operated station, hence Comcast. We are also served by Comcast SportsNet New England and receive New England Cable News. NECN is owned by Comcast, I do believe. Can somebody say monopoly?

Connecticut: Click on a City for Comcast Availability:

Andover
Ansonia
Avon
Beacon Falls
Berlin
Bethany
Bethel
Bloomfield
Bolton
Bozrah
Branford
Bristol
Brookfield
Burlington
Canaan
Canton
Cheshire
Chester
Clinton
Colchester
Coventry
Cromwell
Danbury
Deep River
Derby
Durham
East Haddam
East Hampton
East Hartford
East Haven
Ellington
Enfield
Essex
Farmington
Groton
Guilford
Haddam
Hamden
Hartford
Harwinton
Killingworth
Ledyard
Madison
Marlborough
Middlebury
Middlefield
Middletown
Milford
Monroe
Naugatuck
New Britain
New Fairfield
New Hartford
New Haven
North Branford
North Haven
North Stonington
Northford
Norwich
Old Lyme
Old Saybrook
Oxford
Plainville
Plymouth
Portland
Prospect
Redding
Ridgefield
Salem
Seymour
Sharon
Shelton
Simsbury
Southbury
Stonington
Thomaston
Tolland
Vernon
Voluntown
Wallingford
Waterbury
West Hartford
West Haven
Westbrook
Wilton
Windsor
Wolcott
Woodbridge

I believe that's the whole list for Connecticut, taking out some villages from within other municipalities. Quite a list for such a small state!

 

[JeeperOne]

Comcast has a monopoly here in Colorado as well (Except in small pockets of the state where Bright House exists) only we don't have CSN or an 24/7 RNO

Cheers

 

[WPPCProductions]

Would that apply in Hartford/New Haven? Comcast is the franchise for Hartford, New Britain, Bristol, Middletown and New Haven. (I think Danbury has them, too, but they're in the New York City DMA.) Anyways, WVIT-TV channel 30 of New Britain/Hartford is an NBC owned-and-operated station, hence Comcast. We are also served by Comcast SportsNet New England and receive New England Cable News. NECN is owned by Comcast, I do believe. Can somebody say monopoly?

Connecticut: Click on a City for Comcast Availability:

Andover
Ansonia
Avon
Beacon Falls
Berlin
Bethany
Bethel
Bloomfield
Bolton
Bozrah
Branford
Bristol
Brookfield
Burlington
Canaan
Canton
Cheshire
Chester
Clinton
Colchester
Coventry
Cromwell
Danbury
Deep River
Derby
Durham
East Haddam
East Hampton
East Hartford
East Haven
Ellington
Enfield
Essex
Farmington
Groton
Guilford
Haddam
Hamden
Hartford
Harwinton
Killingworth
Ledyard
Madison
Marlborough
Middlebury
Middlefield
Middletown
Milford
Monroe
Naugatuck
New Britain
New Fairfield
New Hartford
New Haven
North Branford
North Haven
North Stonington
Northford
Norwich
Old Lyme
Old Saybrook
Oxford
Plainville
Plymouth
Portland
Prospect
Redding
Ridgefield
Salem
Seymour
Sharon
Shelton
Simsbury
Southbury
Stonington
Thomaston
Tolland
Vernon
Voluntown
Wallingford
Waterbury
West Hartford
West Haven
Westbrook
Wilton
Windsor
Wolcott
Woodbridge

I believe that's the whole list for Connecticut, taking out some villages from within other municipalities. Quite a list for such a small state!

Ya they own Connecticut.

 

[KML0224]

Unfortunately, you're right. Some of the other towns nearby are COX, like Newington, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield, Glastonbury, Manchester, Meriden and Southington. A couple have Charter Communications, but not many.

 

[BoscoGoldBear]

Comcast has a monopoly here in Colorado as well (Except in small pockets of the state where Bright House exists) only we don't have CSN or an 24/7 RNO

Cheers

...except for one thing: Comcast doesn't own a TV station in Denver (that would be Gannett's KUSA/9-NBC and My20); therefore Comcast can keep its Denver cluster. Like I said, if Comcast is allowed to keep BOTH the metro cable cluster in Hartford AND the TV station (WVIT/30), what's to keep Comcast OUT of the New York or Los Angeles cable market? Or Cox from buying Bright House in Central Florida (heavy radio/TV ownership there)? I don't usually sound like a liberal in favor of government regulation, but this whole deal reeks of political corruption IMHO!

 

[ShawnHill1]

Comcast has a monopoly here in Colorado as well (Except in small pockets of the state where Bright House exists) only we don't have CSN or an 24/7 RNO

Cheers

...except for one thing: Comcast doesn't own a TV station in Denver (that would be Gannett's KUSA/9-NBC and My20); therefore Comcast can keep its Denver cluster. Like I said, if Comcast is allowed to keep BOTH the metro cable cluster in Hartford AND the TV station (WVIT/30), what's to keep Comcast OUT of the New York or Los Angeles cable market? Or Cox from buying Bright House in Central Florida (heavy radio/TV ownership there)? I don't usually sound like a liberal in favor of government regulation, but this whole deal reeks of political corruption IMHO!

There are some parts of Northern and Central New Jersey that are Comcast territories, otherwise everything there is either Time Warner Cable or Cablevision (as far as the traditional MSOs). Comcast left the Los Angeles market five years when it traded some of its systems to TWC as part of the acquisition of the old Adelphia systems; TWC covers almost the entire L.A. TV market, while Charter and Cox cover other areas.

 

[Markxxx]

I know there was a lot of speculation Comcast might have t sell off TV stations in places where it owned cable systems, jointly, such as Chicago, but that doesn't appear to be part of the deal, Comcast got when it bought NBC.