No Reason To Cheer Comcast-TWC Collapse

[Commentary] With Comcast, broadcasters have been dealing with a cable operator that has been more willing than most to meet their demands for retransmission consent fees and a broadcast network (NBC) that has been less aggressive in its reverse comp demands. With the merger now undone, Comcast will be free of conditions governing its relations with affiliates in 2018 rather than 2024 and Time Warner will be cut loose to resume its confrontational retransmission negotiating tactics and its assault on broadcasters' retransmission rights