Analysts Predict Likely Conditions of Comcast-NBC Universal Deal

5:36 PM PST 11/23/2010 by Georg Szalai

The FCC's informal merger review clock expires Wednesday, but don't expect the agency and the Justice Department to rule on the transaction until a later point.

NEW YORK -- While the FCC's informal merger review clock on the Comcast-NBC Universal deal expires Wednesday, a day before Thanksgiving, Wall Street analysts don't expect the agency and the Justice Department to rule on the transaction until a later point. And while most agree that the regulators will call for conditions on the mega-combination, expectations on specific conditions diverge in some areas.