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After allowing Comcast to acquire NBC Universal, is there really any expectation that this will be blocked?
by mathgeek 10y ago
After allowing Comcast to acquire NBC Universal, is there really any expectation that this will be blocked?
- walterbell 10y agoComcast has been blocked from other acquisitions, e.g. Time Warner Cable, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9429035#9429514 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9429035#9429514
- jonwachob91 10y agoTime Warner Cable / Comcast was an infrastructure acquisition. Comcast already has infrastructure. Time Warner (not Time Warner Cable) / AT&T is a content acquisition. AT&T doesn't really have content. That is an apples to oranges comparison.
- walterbell 10y agoComcast had content via NBC Universal.
- jonwachob91 10y agoComcast still has content via NBCUniversal. Comcast didn't try to buy Time Warner, they tried to buy Time Warner Cable. Two different companies (as has been mentioned in probably 1/3 of the comments on this thread).
- walterbell 10y agoThe combination of Comcast and TWC would have been: infrastructure + content + infrastructure allowing the content portion of Comcast to have _more_ infrastructure leverage over competing content providers. Those competing content providers lobbied against the merger. Competing content providers (not already owned by an infrastructure company) may also lobby against this AT&T merger with Warner Bros & HBO.