With the Time Warner Cable deal, Comcast would not only lock up 30 percent of the cable market, but pricing leverage in all directions — with customers, networks and over-the-web providers like Netflix.
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The proposed merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable has raised concerns about the rising cost of cable service.
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Comcast was not intensely engaged with Time Warner Cable until about 10 days or so prior to the announcement of the $45 billion acquisition, according to Comcast’s chief.
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Comcast will announce a deal to acquire Time Warner Cable in an all-stock deal that will unite the first- and second-largest cable television operators in the country, according to people briefed on the matter.
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A big player like the one Comcast and Time Warner intend to create in the United States would probably meet antitrust obstacles on the Continent.
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In its most aggressive move yet to take over Time Warner Cable, Charter is proposing a full slate of directors to its target’s board.
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AOL said it hoped Gravity would help AOL “distribute relevant and engaging content and advertising across the Internet through intelligent technology.”
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With its acquisition of N. S. Bienstock, the United Talent Agency is adding more than 600 clients, including Bill O’Reilly and Robin Roberts.
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Intel Media was acquired by Verizon, which wants to add TV everywhere there is an Internet connection.
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Frank Luntz is selling a majority stake in Luntz Global to MDC Partners, an agency holding group that owns more than 50 agencies.
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A deal negotiated with the N.B.A. and four former American Basketball Association teams would end television revenue payments to Ozzie and Daniel Silna, brothers who owned a now-defunct A.B.A. team.
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Bookish, a book recommendation site started by three publishing houses, had faced difficulties since its debut early last year.
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Liberty proposed on Friday to acquire the 48 percent of Sirius it does not already own in an all-stock deal valued at more than $10 billion.
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Chen Guangbiao, who is known for public stunts, said he was leading a group of investors seeking to acquire a large or controlling stake in The New York Times Company.
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The $170 million deal for Gracenote, a subsidiary of Sony, adds to the Tribune Company’s growing repository of entertainment metadata.
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The deal is another example of how traditional news organizations are adapting to social media and adopting technologies like video.
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A combined IMG and William Morris Endeavor would significantly alter the balance of power in Hollywood’s business landscape, creating a mega-agency that would leap ahead of its primary rival, Creative Artists Agency.
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Bob and Harvey Weinstein, who founded Miramax but left in a split with its then-owner, Walt Disney, in 2005, will produce and distribute films and television shows based on the studio’s library.
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Gannett, one of the nation’s largest newspaper chains, is expected to announce the expansion of a program where sections of its flagship appear within regional publications.
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John C. Malone, the chairman of Liberty Media, is working behind the scenes to gain control of Time Warner Cable, seeking a second act in an industry he once dominated.
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