Tuesday, January 25, 2011

How Comcast sealed the NBCU deal - Page 3 - Philly.com

By Bob Fernandez, Inquirer Staff Writer
"As for the civil rights agreements, they 'were designed not just to get Mignon Clyburn's vote,' Cohen said. 'They were designed to support momentum around the transaction so all the commissioners could vote for the deal,' he said.

Matthew Polka, president of the American Cable Association, a trade association of small cable operators, said he was thankful for Clyburn's help with concessions in the final days of the merger review.

'Comcast put a lot of resources behind this - in lobbying and everything else,' Polka said. 'And that was something that the rest of us didn't have.'"

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