Editing Xfinity (section)

===Retransmission fees===
Beginning in the mid-2000s, the prices of retransmission fees, requirements for cable companies to retransmit television broadcasters content, have become more expensive.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/07/14/tv-retrans-fees/2512233/|title=Retransmission fee race poses questions for TV viewers|publisher=USA Today|author=Roger Yu|date=August 2, 2013|access-date=February 18, 2014}}</ref> These fees (and the arguments over them between broadcasters and distributors) caused [[Blackout (broadcasting)|blackouts]] of certain (influential) television programming. The [[U.S. Federal Communications Commission]] then reviewed its rules for broadcasters and distributors to make any possible changes to them in response to the high-profile blackouts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/fcc-consider-forcing-bcasters-distributors-play-nice-125284|title=FCC to Consider Forcing B'casters, Distributors to Play Nice|publisher=AdWeek|author=Katy Bachman|date=March 3, 2011|access-date=February 18, 2014}}</ref> Comcast has had ten year agreements with [[CBS]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/business/media/03cbs.html|title=CBS and Comcast Reach a 10-Year Deal on Fees|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=BRIAN STELTER|date=August 2, 2010|access-date=February 18, 2014}}</ref> [[Disney]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS230102746820120104|title=Disney-Comcast Make 10-Year Xfinity Multi-Platform Deal (Breaking)|publisher=Reuters|date=January 4, 2012|access-date=February 18, 2014}}</ref> and [[Fox Broadcasting Company]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2415351,00.asp|title=Fox, Comcast Re-Up Xfinity Content Deal|publisher=PC Magazine|author=Damon Poeter|date=February 12, 2013|access-date=February 17, 2014}}</ref> for distributing and reproducing content. The financial details of the deals are not known.

Due to retransmission fees becoming more expensive every year, broadcasters pay more expensive substantial fees for retransmitting [[broadcast television]]. Comcast instated Broadcast TV Fee (as a part of the Digital Basic cable subscription) to gain lost profit from paying more expensive fees to retransmit programming content. Comcast's subsidiary, [[NBCUniversal]], was one of several broadcasters party to [[American Broadcasting Cos. v. Aereo, Inc.]], over the question of whether [[Aereo]] is a retransmitter (which would require it to pay retransmission fees).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/2014-01-06/business/45885511_1_retransmission-fees-tv-stations-similar-fees|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114210931/http://articles.philly.com/2014-01-06/business/45885511_1_retransmission-fees-tv-stations-similar-fees|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 14, 2014|title=Fight continues over cable retransmission fees|publisher=The Philadelphia Inquirer|author=Bob Fernandez|date=January 6, 2014|access-date=February 18, 2014}}</ref> The case was decided on June 25, 2014, in favor of the broadcasters in a 6–3 decision.<ref>''American Broadcasting Companies v. Aereo'', 573 U. S., (slip op.)</ref>