Categories: OLD Media Moves

Bloomberg, Comcast trade barbs about channel location

John Eggerton of Multichannel News reports that the legal volleying between Bloomberg and Comcast over the news neighborhooding condition in the NBCU deal continued Monday.

Eggerton writes, “Bloomberg told the FCC in a filing opposing Comcast’s request for further review of an FCC clarification that Comcast cannot comply with the FCC mandate that it group Bloomberg TV with other news nets on its systems by doing so for HD channels rather than standard-definition versions.

“‘No further guidance regarding the different nature of High Definition (HD) and SD network feeds, therefore, is needed from the Commission. It is time for Comcast to neighborhood BTV in all news neighborhoods.’

“In its own FCC filing, Comcast fired back at Bloomberg that its filing was ‘largely an irrelevant reiteration of its dissatisfaction that neither Comcast nor the Bureau has capitulated to Bloomberg’s effort to rewrite the News Neighborhooding Condition to its liking.’

“The FCC in May upheld a complaint by Bloomberg against Comcast that it was not complying with the neighborhooding condition. From the get-go, Comcast said it would fight that decision, and has proved as good as its word.”

Read more here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

Recent Posts

CNN Underscored seeks a senior money editor

The Senior Money Editor will be responsible for content creation and strategy for money and personal finance recommendation and…

3 minutes ago

Reporter Witt departs Wichita Biz Journal

Josh Witt, a reporter at the Wichita Business Journal, is leaving the American City Business…

2 days ago

Business Insider names Sommers interim UK bureau chief

Business Insider has named Jack Sommers its interim UK bureau chief. He has been a deputy editor…

2 days ago

WFMZ-TV in Allentown seeks a business reporter

WFMZ-TV is seeking a dynamic Business Reporter with a passion for reporting and an ability…

2 days ago

CNBC is expanding its sports business coverage

CNBC is throwing its weight behind its nascent CNBC Sport brand, bringing its sports business coverage to…

2 days ago

How right-leaning outlets have covered the market sell-off

Ken Bensinger of The New York Times writes about how right-leaning media organizations have not emphasized…

2 days ago