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Comcast Weighs In On Sinclair Dispute

  • B&C, Tuesday, December 1, 2009 10:21 PM
Comcast has joined Mediacom in asking the FCC to look into whether Sinclair is violating the FCC's "good faith" bargaining rules by negotiating retransmission consent for both its owned stations and ones it has local marketing agreements with in the same markets, specifically two in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Commenting on the situation, Comcast said there were "substantial questions as to the propriety of local broadcast stations using LMA's or similar arrangements to negotiate jointly retransmission consent agreements in a particular market."

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