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US Regulators May Scuttle Time Warner Cable - Comcast Merger

posted by martyb on Sunday April 19 2015, @04:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the can't-harm-competition-where-there-is-none dept.

AnonTechie writes:

Ever since Time Warner and Comcast announced their intent to seek a merger, public opinion has been fiercely against the idea. The discussions over whether the merger should be allowed have sparked increased discussion around the effective oligopoly and profound anticompetitive nature of American broadband. Now, news has broken that the US government’s regulators are considering killing the deal.

There’s been little serious argument that the merger should be allowed to proceed. While the two companies protested that allowing them to merge wouldn’t harm competition, the maps they produced to demonstrate this wound up illustrating just how anti-competitive the current system already is.

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/203664-us-regulators-reportedly-gearing-up-to-kill-time-warner-comcast-merger?

[Related]: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-17/u-s-antitrust-lawyers-said-to-be-leaning-against-comcast-merger

 
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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by GungnirSniper on Sunday April 19 2015, @07:07PM

    by GungnirSniper (1671) on Sunday April 19 2015, @07:07PM (#172902) Journal

    Make them divest the National Broadcasting Company since Comcast has mishandled it, [vanityfair.com] it gives the company too much control over our views (a la Fox), and Comcast will inevitably use NBC against other, smaller distribution companies. How did we go from banning newspapers from owning same-market television stations, to now allowing mega-corporations to own basically any outlet they wish across the country?

    Brian Williams memes are the best thing about NBC now. [imgur.com]

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 19 2015, @10:00PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 19 2015, @10:00PM (#172941)

    How did we go from banning newspapers from owning same-market television stations, to now allowing mega-corporations to own basically any outlet they wish across the country?

    By repealing every regulation that stood in their way, because "Regulation iz teh evilz, because its regulation! Small gubbermint (except when it comes to dictating what people can do in the privacy of their own homes, what women can do with their bodies, and which religion's values you're required by law to follow)!"