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Article
Crossing the Rubicon: Why the Comcast/Time Warner Cable Merger Should Be Blocked
Global Competition Review
(2014)
Abstract
Comcast and Time Warner Cable say their proposed $45 billion merger would not raise prices -- and instead lead to real benefits -- for cable and broadband customers across the country.
But, as we discuss, the deal raises serious concerns of a creeping monopolist and the ability of a powerful media buyer to harm rivals.
Keywords
- cable,
- broadband,
- antitrust,
- Section 7,
- incipiency
Disciplines
Publication Date
June, 2014
Citation Information
Maurice E Stucke and Allen P. Grunes. "Crossing the Rubicon: Why the Comcast/Time Warner Cable Merger Should Be Blocked" Global Competition Review (2014) p. 1 - 7 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/maurice_stucke/44/