Comcast asked to open ISP deal.(Carriage Agreement)(a court is asked to require the FCC to order Comcast Corp. to reveal the terms of its deal with AOL Time Warner Inc.)

Multichannel News, September, 2003 by Hearn, Ted

WASHINGTON -- A federal court here was asked Sept. 8 to require the Federal Communications Commission to order Comcast Corp. to reveal terms of a non-exclusive Internet carriage agreement with AOL Time Warner Inc. The Consumer Federation of America and other public-interest groups are suing over the agency's decision to approve the Comcast-AT&T Broadband merger last year without requiring the production of the ISP agreement.

AOL Time Warner concluded the ISP deal with AT&T Corp. as part of the $9 billion restructuring of Time Warner Entertainment L.P. The deal occurred while the Comcast-AT&T Broadband merger was pending before the FCC and the Justice Department. The Justice Department reviewed the ISP deal, as did some FCC staff members. But the...

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