FCC chairman Tom Wheeler indicated Monday (March 31) that the FCC has assembled its team to review the proposed Comcast/NBCU transaction, that it will be headed by someone internally, and that it has been and will be coordinating closely with the Department of Justice.
At a press conference following the FCC's March public meeting, Wheeler said that while the FCC had gone outside the agency for someone to review the Comcast/NBCU merger, he had the in-house talent to handle the job.
"We are frequently in touch with the Justice Department and we have put together a task force on Comcast/Time Warner. We will bring in the necessary external help," he said, but added that "We have not gone outside to hire someone to run that task force. We'd rather have someone who is well experienced in the...issues."
