Comcast/NBCU Clock Re-Started July 6

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

The FCC informed Comcast and NBCU that on July 6 it had
officially re-started the shot clock on its review of their proposed joint
venture.

That confirms a report in Multichannel
News July 7.

The FCC's informal 180-day shot clock had been stopped for the
second time while the FCC collected new versions of a requested data drop from
both companies it had found lacking.

The FCC's announcement came a couple of hours before the FCC
begins a forum in Chicago on the deal. That makes today (July 13), day 45 of
the merger review.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.