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ACA raises concerns over Comcast's plans for Fox assets

American Cable Association President and CEO Matthew Polka said Comcast Corp. preparing an offer to challenge Walt Disney Co.'s deal to buy 21st Century Fox Inc. assets "is not good for consumers and competition."

Additionally, Polka said in a May 23 statement that Disney owning the Fox programming will hurt consumers by increasing prices and limiting choice but that Comcast and NBCUniversal Media LLC owning these assets is "even more harmful."

"If Fox agrees to sell to Comcast, these problems get only worse because the combined company would own the vast majority of regional sports networks (RSNs) across the country and increase its roster of popular national programming networks" Polka added. "ACA will join with consumers and others fighting against higher prices and anticompetitive practices to stop such a deal."

Based in Pittsburgh, the American Cable Association is a trade organization representing about 800 smaller and medium-size independent cable companies that provide broadband services for nearly 7 million cable subscribers, primarily located in rural and smaller suburban markets across America.

According to a recent report, Fox activist investor Chris Hohn told Executive Co-chairman Rupert Murdoch that he will support a potential bid from Comcast for Fox assets over the current offer from Disney.