While AT&T’s bid for DirecTV bears similarity to Comcast’s deal for Time Warner Cable, experts say the differences could lead regulators to separate conclusions for each one.
The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 to open for public debate new rules meant to guarantee an open Internet.
Time and again, when the government tries to insert itself between the Internet and its users, it gets clobbered. This could end up the same way.
The move to integrate brands and products into video content and the resulting revenue have prompted the development of more original video programming.
Most companies have not publicly spoken out against the proposed Comcast merger, partly to avoid antagonizing a company with which they do business.
Ambitious efforts are being made by legacy media companies like Time Inc. to join the frenzy of online video content creation that was set off by so-called digital natives like AOL, BuzzFeed and others.
Tom Wheeler, the F.C.C. chairman, says there is
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a shortfall in adequate broadband competition.
The growth from movie and cable businesses helped fuel a 9 percent increase in revenue to $7.5 billion, from $6.9 billion during the same period a year ago.
The arrangement with Comcast, which has agreed to acquire Time Warner Cable, would allow Charter Communications to become the country’s second-largest cable operator.
The 2014 NewFronts, presentations for buyers of online advertising, offer an expanded calendar of events reflecting the rapid growth of the field.
A future where consumers will be able to assemble an à la carte menu of entertainment suddenly seems much closer.
Planned new rules would allow an Internet provider to negotiate separately with content companies like Disney or Google and charge for priority service.
The cable operator’s quarterly report could bolster its fight to acquire Time Warner Cable.
It was the clearest statement on the merger from Netflix, nearly two months after it agreed to pay Comcast for a more direct connection to the cable operator’s Internet backbone.
David Cohen, Comcast’s executive vice president, is the point man for moving deals like the one for Time Warner Cable past regulatory hurdles.
After a failed attempt to block the Comcast-NBC Universal merger, Senator Al Franken again finds himself playing a trustbusting role in Washington.
The judiciary panel expressed concern over higher costs for consumers if a merger with Time Warner Cable were approved, but a Comcast executive downplayed the likelihood.
The companies filed documents in support of the plan, which has faced opposition and will be the subject of a Senate hearing this week.
Since Comcast announced its deal for Time Warner Cable, its shares have fallen about 10 percent, meaning Time Warner Cable investors are receiving about $140 a share instead of nearly $159.
Comcast’s position that there will be no diminution of cable TV competition in its proposed takeover of Time Warner may be beside the point as Wednesday’s Senate hearing approaches.
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