This has angered some so-called over-the-top video providers such as Netflix that offer a service allowing consumers to stream movies and TV shows over their home broadband connections. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings says that Comcast's plan to exempt its own Xfinity content from the cap gives an unfair advantage to Comcast's own video content. He and consumer advocates say that this violates the Net neutrality rules that Comcast had to agree to as part of the conditions for its merger with NBC Universal. The rules prohibit broadband providers from favoring their own content on the open Internet over that of their competitors.