Submission + - Mega-mergers. The fight isn't over yet.. AT&T + DirecTV may go through (arstechnica.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Hot on the heals of Comcast's failed attempt to swallow-up Time Warner Cable, AT&T's pursuit of satellite provider DirecTV is plowing forward. What would be the result of a wireline and cellular mega-monopoly buying one of only two subscription satellite TV providers? Has to be worse than a Comcast/TWC marriage.. at least there, the territories and services offered didn't overlap at all, but AT&T offers voice, data, and television in many markets already.. adding satellite would stifle competition for television services (and to a lesser extent, because satellite is only best suited for rural installations, data).
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