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Focus may be on cable, but Comcast-Time Warner deal has broadband implications, too |
February 14, 2014
Comcast’s proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable is partly a grab for negotiating power in the fast-changing video content business, but it might affect broadband users, too.
The $45.2 billion offer comes as cable TV operators face a growing number of new channels for the kinds of content they used to deliver almost exclusively. Online video providers such as Netflix, Amazon, YouTube, and Hulu (part-owned by Comcast’s parent company) now offer alternatives to cable that can travel over any reasonably strong Internet connection, and the makers of video content look to them as alternatives to cable operators. If Comcast boasts more customers, it may be able to get better deals.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2098080/comcasttime-warner-deal-may-impact-broadband-customers.html#tk.rss_all
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