Comcast buying Time Warner could lead to better...
Comcast buying Time Warner could lead to better accessibility services for TWC customers with disabilities, said the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) in an ex parte filing posted Wednesday in docket 14-57 (http://bit.ly/1neZ8UK). Time Warner Cable’s “accessibility infrastructure…
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does not demonstrate the highest level of best practices in the field,” said AAPD. Comcast is “the only cable provider to have an office dedicated full-time to accessibility” and has a lab dedicated to developing accessibility best practices, the group said. Comcast and Time Warner Cable are listed as national partners of AAPD on the group’s website, and Comcast Foundation Vice President Fred Maahs is the chairman of AAPD. The transaction would allow Time Warner Cable to benefit from Comcast’s work on accessibility, AAPD said. “The newly formed entity could reach a new level of innovation for customers with disabilities.” Dish Network separately opposed the Comcast/Time Warner Cable deal. (See separate report above in this issue.)