AT&T blasts cable mergers, says cable companies should compete instead
http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/10/att-blasts-cable-mergers-says-cable-companies-should-compete-instead/
AT&T, which just completed a $48.5 billion purchase of
rival DirecTV, is now really worried that cable companies are
merging too often and not competing against each other. Cable
companies are coordinating and could end up acting as "a single
national cable company," AT&T claimed. AT&T submitted a filing
to the Federal Communications Commission yesterday, explaining
its views on Charter's proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable
(TWC) and Bright House Networks. AT&T started the letter by
saying that it doesn't oppose the merger and then spent a few
pages arguing that cable companies should compete against each
other instead of merging.
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I would much prefer that Charter not buy TWC. But AT&T's filing would
technically be described as serious "chutzpah" ...
--Lauren--
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