Comcast and NBC: The Evolution Will Be Televised  by , Jan 21,
2011, 2:11 PM   • Comment (2)   • Recommend Subscribe to TV
Board    What does it do?  It merely creates the largest single
media company in the United States of America.  There's been so
much written in the past few days about why this is bad for us
as consumers.  Comcast, the distribution source, will now
control massive amounts of content -- broadcast network NBC,
over 20 cable channels, Spanish-language Telemundo, Universal
Pictures, and Hulu being the company's major holdings.   It will
certainly be poised to create a chokehold over what consumers
watch and how they watch it.   All of that is possible -- maybe
probable, even with some "voluntary" restrictions imposed by the
FCC factored in.   I'm still somewhat unfazed.  Sure, it's a
megalith.  Joe Torres, writing for the Huffington Post, suggests
that the company will  "control one out of every five TV viewing
hours."  I hate to break this to you, Joe, but 20% of TV will
not be "controlled"