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That consumer cable bills will continue to climb is a sure bet. If regulators approve Comcast’s control of NBC Universal, it will cost consumers even more — $2.4 billion more over the next nine years. That’s according to a study released today by the American Cable Association, which represents 900 small and medium-size independent cable companies.
ACA has advocated that regulators put conditions on the $30 billion transaction.
Dr. William Rogerson, a professor of economics at Northwestern University, who served as the Federal Communications Commission’s chief economist from 1998-99, conducted the research.
Rogerson found that if cleared by regulators, Comcast-NBCU could raise programming fees significantly above levels the two would be able to command if they were separate and independent companies.
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