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Wednesday, February 14th, 2024 8:04 PM

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Price gauging of Broadcast and sports fees.

I researched the TV revenue paid by retransmission from cable/other users to forward watching TV. Comcast has 17 million subscribers (25%) of all cable user subscriptions. The cost to me is $39.45 a month, or $474 a year for above fees for retransmission. All TV broadcasters received $15 billion in 2023 from retransmission. Comcast has 25% of these fees for all subscribers. THE POINT IS COMCAST DOUBLES THE EXPENSE FROM WHAT IT IS BEING CHARGED BY TV BROADCASTERS-Resulting in my annual fee should be appr $237-IF THEY WERE a FAIR MINDED company instead of gauging its customers. Incidentily Comcast owns NBC, Paramount owns CBS and Disney owns ABC, thereby manipulating any fees it wants to add and pass on to cable customers. The FTC is now "supposed to be investigating" cable companies in effort to have then disclose in detail-but you never would see the 100% mark-up of retransmission fees that should normally be charged customers. Research it and you will find this detail is true

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Hello @user_b8q3ot Thanks for reaching out about the broadband tv fee. I have a link from our help and support page which goes into the broadband fee and other fees we charge as well at https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/most-common-taxes-fees-surcharges-on-your-bill. The broadband tv fee will increase from time to time. Please let us know if you have any more questions. 

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Kei here when out of their way to NOT answer the question posed by @user_b8q3ot

Because Comcast gives its subscribers no way to delete the Broadcast Fee from it's bill.

Maybe Kei can answer the simple question: Why?

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Hi @user_crlv6a This is a great question. The broadband fee is associated with our cable subscribers. I definitley understand your concerns on if the charge is valid or not. I have a link that goes into some fees associated with our accounts including the why behind the broadcast tv fee and others. Please let us know if this link helps. https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/most-common-taxes-fees-surcharges-on-your-bill. 

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So, is this fee only passed on to customers, not employees?

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So, is this fee only passed on to customers, not employees?

It is passed on to everyone with cable service through Comcast, including employees.

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