On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 8:07 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> But it won't be a monopoly or exceed ownership rules because... well... > because. > > > http://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/comcast-buy-time-warner-cable-all-stock-deal-n29011 > > Net-neutrality problems in 3... 2... 1... > Kevin here is expressing his cynicism about the regulators' willingness to actually regulate (not that this is not valid cynicism) - to be clear he is not reporting the current status of any ruling. This is a proposed purchase, and it has not yet been approved, and the process will likely be lengthy. There are monopoly and ownership problems to work out. The Wall Street Journal article is longer and more informative: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303704304579379801986541412?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303704304579379801986541412.html Comcast's plan is to: 1. divest itself of three million subscribers, which would bring its share of the pay tv market down from about 33% after acquisition of TWC to below 30%. The FCC had tried to impose a 30% cap on market share, but it was struck down by the courts - so Comcast will try to make the FCC happy by voluntarily abiding by the 30% cap. 2. they will argue that cable tv is inevitably a monopoly in any one market, and competition comes from satellite and telephone and 3. Comcast may agree to extend the net neutrality agreement it signed as part of the NBC deal, which was only for 7 years, in order to get approval. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
