[ NNSquad ] Franken: Comcast called Time Warner Cable a competitor until they wanted to merge

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Franken: Comcast called Time Warner Cable a competitor until they
wanted to merge

http://j.mp/1jv7HYs  (Ars Technica)

   "Comcast has repeatedly said the biggest reason US regulators should
    approve its $45.2 billion purchase of Time Warner Cable (TWC) is that
    the two companies do not compete against each other. While Comcast has
    more than 21 million customers and TWC has more than 11 million, there
    isn't a single city or town in America in which the two companies both
    offer video and Internet services.  At a Senate Judiciary Committee
    hearing today, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) said that Comcast made a very
    different argument in order to secure approval of its 2011 purchase of
    NBCUniversal. During a hearing in 2010, Comcast argued that
    competition from Time Warner would prevent it from taking unfair
    advantage of increased ownership of television content."

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