Are We Screwed if the AT&T Time Warner Merger Goes Through?
170Would AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner, and thus HBO, and many other channels be a telecom media monopoly or would it help cord cutters? Kim Horcher and Xander Jeanneret (The Library Bards, The Sorting Podcast) discuss!
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"AT&T’s massive $85 billion deal to acquire Time Warner has generated plenty of attention in the press, and it will have to weather a lot of scrutiny from federal regulators before it becomes official. Many have compared the deal to Comcast’s acquisition of NBCUniversal, a deal which seems to have been good for the financial health of both companies, but has produced little of note for consumers. That’s led to speculation that this deal is a vanity project for telecom executives, a way to diversify the business that doesn’t actually have any meaningful synergies to exploit."
Read more: http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/25/13390494/att-time-warner-acquisition-tv-effects-pros-cons
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