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Charter-Time Warner Cable deal headed for FCC approval
2016-03-16 21:47:04| Telecom - Topix.net
If its takeover of Time Warner Cable goes through, Charter Communications would become the largest pay-TV provider in Southern California. If its takeover of Time Warner Cable goes through, Charter Communications would become the largest pay-TV provider in Southern California.
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Democratic senators raise concerns about Charter-Time Warner Cable tie-up
2016-02-25 22:14:30| Telecom - Topix.net
REUTERS: Five Democratic U.S. senators, including presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, told the Justice Department and Federal Communications Commission on Thursday that they had "significant concerns" about Charter Communications Inc's planned acquisition of Time Warner Cable Inc and Bright House Networks. The senators, who also included Elizabeth Warren, Ed Markey, Ron Wyden and Al Franken, said in a letter to the agencies that are reviewing the proposal that the deal would create "a nationwide broadband duopoly," with Charter and Comcast Corp in nearly two-thirds of U.S. high-speed broadband homes.
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Charter-Time Warner merger under fire
2015-10-18 18:39:22| Telecom - Topix.net
Opponents of Charter Communications' merger with Time Warner Cable are firing their first major salvos after a quiet summer. This week brought the first deadline in a Federal Communications Commission comments process for the $65 billion deal that would combine the St. Louis-based Charter with Time Warner Cable and small operator Bright House Networks.
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AT&T, Dish, Public Knowledge warn FCC about Charter/Time Warner deal
2015-10-15 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Telco calls for careful scrutiny of $56.7 billion merger, while satellite TV provider says it should be blocked outright.
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CenturyLink's Post: We're not threatened by the Charter/Time Warner Cable merger
2015-09-12 18:22:36| Telecom - Topix.net
CenturyLink is aware that when Charter Communications completes its acquisition of Time Warner Cable the merger will give CenturyLink a larger threat in its residential and business service capabilities, but the telco says it has the right weapons to compete. Speaking to investors at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2015 Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference, Glen Post, CEO of CenturyLink, said that while the new Charter will be a larger threat, it will give the telco a way to gain market share as these MSOs work through the integration process.
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