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NEW YORK Verizon Communications has taken aim at its cable competition, claiming three major system operators have refused to carry its advertisements that criticize the rising costs of cable service.
Verizon said Comcast, Cablevision and Time Warner Cable have rejected its ads in their respective New Jersey markets in a bid to keep consumers in the dark about their ability to choose an alternative pay-TV provider.
“These cable companies use their operations to present only one side of the issue because they don’t want consumers to know there could be a choice for cable TV in this state,” said Dennis Bone, president of Verizon’s New Jersey operations.
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