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Comcast may put network programs on cable first, stations say

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Comcast Corp.’s proposed takeover of NBC Universal is raising concern among independent NBC stations that network programming may appear first on cable, an executive plans to tell Congress.

Independent stations affiliated with NBC also want to prevent “migration” of the network’s sports and other programs from broadcast to cable channels, Michael Fiorile, head of the NBC Television Affiliates Board, said in testimony prepared for a congressional hearing Thursday.

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