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US: DOJ questions Disney, Discovery over Comcast merger

By  |  July 11, 2014

The US Department of Justice has reportedly approached content providers including Walt Disney Co., Discovery Communications and CBS Corp. as part of its investigation into the proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable by Comcast, unnamed source said.

The companies named by the sources have not publically opposed of the deal as others have, but reports say some of the companies questioned by the DOJ are asking regulators to ensure that Comcast won’t favor its own programming over rivals’ content.

One source said the DOJ is also examining most favored nation clauses as part of the merger deal; reports say Comcast and other providers use the contract terms to ensure programmers give them the cheapest-possible content licensing deals.

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