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Feds Suspect Cable Firms of Stifling Online Videos

DoJ conducting antitrust probe, sources say

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 13, 2012 4:17 AM CDT | Updated Jun 13, 2012 6:12 AM CDT

(Newser) – Federal authorities suspect cable companies worried about competition from online video have acted improperly to quash their emerging rivals, sources tell the Wall Street Journal. The Department of Justice has opened a wide-ranging investigation, and officials have spoken to online video providers and cable companies,... Read full story »

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Technology • Crime & Courts • Money • US

Department of Justice • Time Warner • Comcast • antitrust • online videos • telecommunications • Hulu • cable operators • cable industry • streaming video • Xfinity

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Feds Suspect Cable Firms of Stifling Online Videos

DoJ conducting antitrust probe, sources say

Department of Justice • Time Warner • Comcast • antitrust • online videos • telecommunications • Hulu • cable operators • cable industry • streaming video • Xfinity

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