Comcast accuses rivals of extortion over TWC deal

• Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) blasted its media rivals in a statement it made to regulators this week.
• The company maintains that opposition to its merger with Time Warner Cable (TWC) only came after strong-arm tactics to gain favors such as renegotiated program carriage agreements failed.
• Though a host of companies such as Dish Network and Discovery Communications have been vocal opponents of a TWC-CMCSA combination, Comcast made its sharpest accusations against Netflix.