Bloomberg TV wins FCC dispute with Comcast - 13 WTHR Indianapolis

Bloomberg TV wins FCC dispute with Comcast

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Bloomberg TV and CNBC may be getting a little closer.

An arm of the Federal Communications Commission says that Bloomberg's 24-hour business news channel ought to be grouped together with other news channels in lineups provided by Comcast Corp.

Bloomberg complained to the FCC last June that it was unfairly being placed too far away from its news competitors, including Comcast's CNBC.

Comcast agreed to keep news channels together in neighborhoods as a condition of its takeover of NBCUniversal in January 2011.

The condition is meant to foster competition and prevent Comcast from unfairly using its position as the nation's largest cable TV signal provider to promote its own networks.

Comcast said in a statement that it would appeal.

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