Netflix Petitions FCC to Block Comcast/TWC

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No big surprise here, but Netflix has petitioned the FCC to deny the Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger, citing interconnection issues as a big reason.  

Netflix has complained that the paid peering deal it struck with Comcast (and subsequently with TWC) was essentially under duress and to prevent Comcast from slowing or degrading its traffic. Comcast has disputed that characterization.  

The company argues both Comcast and TWC have already demonstrated their ability to leverage interconnection control to raise costs (the paid peering deals) and foreclose OVDs. 

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John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.