Public interest groups and competitors warn the deal would enable the combined company to push other video services out of the marketplace. They also drew a comparison to Comcast’s ill-fated acquisition of Time Warner, shot down by regulators earlier this year. Opponents of the deal contend that the new Charter will have so much control over the market for broadband that it could impair independent video providers, or “over-the-top” services, with which its own cable packages compete.
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