Comcast is fighting its way through a battle to acquire NBC and related assets (including MSNBC) without being deemed a monopoly (which they are, and should be barred from owning NBC). For a preview of how dangerous it is to have one corporation control access to the Internet and cable TV, have a look at their new joint venture: RightNetwork.Check out the slick ads, the Kelsey Grammer intro, and please have a look at their debut reality series called "Running".
What isn't apparent at first blush becomes apparent while watching the promo. They call it a reality show, but it's really just a big teabagger campaign ad wrapped up in a half-hour broadcast and packaged for the web, mobile and cable broadcast.
They have a slick little "lookbook" you can download (PDF) for an overview of what they're about. [Updated 4/18: They pulled theirs down, but I had an archive version, which is now linked in its place] Nice piece of marketing literature. They're marketing themselves as the "anywhere, anytime" network for "engaged people".
More...
Five journalists have been killed in an overnight Israeli strike that hit their vehicle in...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not attend an event marking the 80th anniversary of the...
The Russian security council deputy head, Dmitry Medvedev, has described the editors of the Times newspaper...
