Yeah. One of the financial news articles I read said that the regulators tended to dislike "3 to 2" deals, where instead of 3 choices you only had 2.
In a lot of markets, you had 2 satellite choices plus one cable choice, or 3 total. If the merger went through, there would only be 2. And in rural areas with no cable, there would be a monopoly. -Ben > Wow. As far as I knew it was a done deal. I wonder what impact this will > have on the "must carry" rules that were created in reaction to the merger? > > Kevin Graeme > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 11:03 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Satellite TV Merger in trouble? > > > > > > re: our prior thread about possible merger between DISH > > (EchoStar) and DirecTV (Hughes Electronics) - actually, > > this was a proposed purchase of DirecTV by Echostar. > > > > Apparently, US DOJ is against the merger on monopoly > > terms, Murdoch's News Corp is again a possible suitor, > > and DirecTV execs are contemplating a management buyout: > > > > http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/020925/media_hughes_buyout_1.html > > > > -Ben > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
