The Justice Department’s Fanciful Case Against AT&T-Time Warner
An odd field of battle over the merger Read More …
Tag: M&A
Retransmission Discontent
FCC chairman Wheeler seems determined to rebalance the scales between content and carriage. Read More …
The FCC’s Imperfect Path To Increased Video Competition
Robust wireless video services could break cable-ISPs video monopoly on their end users. Read More …
Netflix Flexes Its Muscles
By the end of 2018 Netflix will likely face a meaningful incentive to seek revenue from distribution. Read More …
FCC Engineers Some Cable Consolidation
It would be a stretch to suggest that Tom Wheeler was literally orchestrating such a complex and expensive set of deals from the eighth floor of the FCC’s headquarter. But the combination of mergers and non-mergers — in which the FCC’s actions played a material role — will nonetheless leave behind a rough parity at the top of the pay-TV/broadband weight scale, among Comcast, AT&T and Charter. Read More …