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Pai: FCC Unlikely To Bless Comcast-TWC Deal

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai says that any effort by Comcast Corp. to acquire Time Warner Cable Inc. would face significant hurdles in Washington, casting doubt on a cable industry consolidation scenario that has grabbed Wall Street's attention. WSJ subscribers can read the full story here.

By TVNewsCheck | December 6, 2013 | 6:22 a.m. ET.
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alicia farmer says:

December 6, 2013 at 8:43 am

What a shocker! Why would any intelligent industry person believe a Comcast – TWC deal could get Fed approval?

    Wagner Pereira says:

    December 6, 2013 at 9:51 am

    Perhaps because Comcast and TWC have virtually ZERO market overlap and are not in competition with each other within a market. As thus have virtually no ability to create fewer choices within a market, as a Dish-DirecTV deal WOULD do.