President elected American Donald Trump speaks to Brendan Carr, his choice for the president of the Federal Communications Commission, while attending a visualization of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas.
Brandon Bell | Getty images
The Federal Communications Commission alerted Comcast Corp. that it will start an investigation into the efforts of diversity, equity and inclusion in the media giant.
The FCC, the agency which regulates the media and telecommunications industry, said in a letter Dated Tuesday that he would open the Comcast survey – which provides large -scale, mobile and wired television services under the XFINITY brand – and NBCUNIVERSAL, the multimedia arm that includes the company's broadcasting and cable television networks, the Peacock streaming application and the universal cinema studio and fun parks.
The letter comes three weeks after the president Donald Trump sign An executive decree that seeks to end the DEI practices in American societies. The order asks each federal agency to “identify up to nine potential civil compliance surveys” among the listed companies, as well as non -profit organizations and other institutions.
The president of the FCC, Brendan Carr, a republican who was recently appointed By Trump, said that he was starting his investigation with Comcast and Nbcuniversal because they “covered a range of sectors regulated by the FCC”.
“We received an investigation by the Federal Communications Commission and we will cooperate with the FCC to answer their questions,” a comcast spokesman said on Wednesday. “For decades, our company has been built on a basis of integrity and respect for all our employees and customers.”
Carr declared in the letter sent to Comcast that he was “concerned about the fact that Comcast and Nbcuniversal do not promote the prompt forms of Dei in a way that does not respect the regulations of the FCC”.
The letter continues by saying that “Comcast declares on its website that the promotion of Dei is” a fundamental value of our business “and that public reports declare that Comcast has a” whole infrastructure which includes the `(s) day (s) of Dei (s), 'Dei for business leaders' and similar initiatives”. The letter indicates that Nbcuniversal has similar initiatives, “including executives specifically dedicated to the promotion of DEI through television and the side of business programming”.
Later Wednesday, the FCC commissioner Geoffrey Starks on Wednesday, published a statement ordering the investigation and asking to receive more information. He noted that when Carr was himself a commissioner, he “criticized the previous administration for having acted in a way which” gives the FCC an almost unlimited power to the opposite opinion to the private sector “. “”
“From what I know, this action of application is out of our way and out of our reach. I asked for a briefing to understand the theory of the case of the application office, the authority relied and any previous preceding. This action makes me a serious concern”, Starks said in a press release.
An FCC representative did not immediately respond to comment on Starks' declaration.
Giant media Disney Changes its DEI programs, which includes updating performance factors and brand change initiatives and employee resource groups, among others, confirmed the company on Wednesday.
The PBS public broadcaster closes his office. A representative of the PBS confirmed that these employees left the company, noting that he should remain in accordance with Trump's decree.
“We will continue to join our mission and values. PBS will continue to reflect all of America and remain a welcoming place for everyone,” the broadcaster said in a press release.
Disclosure: Comcast has nbcuniversal, the parent company of CNBC.
– CNBC Sarah Whitten contributed to this article.
