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Comcast Seeking Control of Both Pipes and Content?

Posted by timothy on from the some-of-each-perhaps dept.

techmuse writes "Reuters reports that Comcast may be attempting to use its huge cash reserves to purchase a large media content provider, such as Disney, Viacom, or Time Warner. This would result in Comcast controlling both the delivery mechanism for content, and the content itself. Potentially, it could limit access to content it owns to subscribers to its own services, thus shutting out competing services (where they still exist at all)."

5 of 241 comments (clear)

  1. Didn't AOL try this? by Presto+Vivace · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Didn't it not work out very well?

  2. Re:Bad timing by hedwards · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Unfortunately, the Parent poster isn't a troll. It wasn't just Republicans pushing for the DMCA and the extensions to the copyright term.

  3. I've seen this movie before by jay2003 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Anyone remember AOL Time Warner? which is now in the process of being undone....

    Content and pipes are fundamentally different businesses. In a content business, there's no monopoly position to use to increase profits year after year. Content providers have to continually produce content people want to see as opposed to providing mediocre service and raising prices every year. If Comcast does this, it will be a disaster.

  4. Shades of AOL/Netscape by Mansing · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Going with that "synergy" thing again .... doomed from the start.

  5. AOL Time Warner by cbraescu1 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I guess nobody learns anything from these crappy "synergy" mergers / acquisitions...

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