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Former FCC Commissioner Argues Warns Against Charter Merger With TWC, Bright House
- Medium, Friday, February 5, 2016 3:39 PM
Former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps says Charter's merger with Time Warner and Bright House Networks presents harms that are "just as serious" as those presented by Comcast's unsuccessful attempt to acquire Time Warner.
"The three merging companies would create a new Mega Cable company, controlling about one-third of the nation’s cable and cable broadband markets," Copps writes in a post on Medium. "When you add it up, the new company would look a lot like, well, Comcast. Yes, this merger would create a new Comcast—a national cable giant with the ability and the incentive to thwart competition, diversity, and consumer choice."
