CWA: Regulators Should Scrutinize Comcast-Time Warner Merger

[Omaha Steve]

http://nhlabornews.com/2014/02/cwa-regulators-should-scrutinize-comcast-time-warner-merger/

By NH Labor | February 14, 2014 | Press Release, Uncategorized, Union

WA says: Regulators Should Scrutinize Comcast-Time Warner
Merger in Terms of Cost, Competition and Public Interest


Washington D.C. — The bid by Comcast Communications to acquire Time Warner Cable in a $45.2 billion deal must be carefully reviewed by federal regulators.

A merger of this size, which would combine two of the four biggest cable operations, raises concerns about quality jobs, competition, consumer cost, market structure and more.

The two companies have a high bar to meet to demonstrate that the merger would be in the public interest.

Because the deal would result in significant concentration in the industry, the Communications Workers of America believes that regulators must review several critical issues, including:

The effect on market power for content providers and consumers, in what would be a significant horizontal merger.


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