Despite initial reports that content from NBCUniversal (which is owned by Comcast) won't be a part Apple's rumored TV streaming service, contract terms Comcast agreed to when it acquired NBCUniversal back in 2011 may force the media giant's hand.
To pass regulatory scrutiny, Comcast a few years ago agreed that it would make NBCUniversal content available to online video distributors at rates that were comparable to the rates it charges cable providers to carry that same content.
Comcast could get dragged kicking and screaming into joining Apple’s TV service