If this merger goes through...  man...  Not good.

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If this merger goes through...  man...  Not good.

 

I don't think it will pass the antitrust test.

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Let's not forget that AT&T owns Direct TV...

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I don't think it will pass the antitrust test.

 

Thank god for government regulations? 

 

This whole thing stinks.

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LOL, I'm watching CNN...

 

They are calling it a "Media Shake up"

 

They have a graphic showing all the media giants merging...

 

Comcast + NBC Universal (2011)

 

Verizon + AOL (2015)

 

AT&T (w/ Direct TV) + Time Warner (w/ HBO, TNT, CNN, Warner Bros., Cartoon Network)

 

Just an FYI...  When corporations merge and buy into eachother...  That's not a shake-up!!

 

That's a consolidation of power...  

 

Republicans love this.  Progressives hate it.

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Establishment politicians Republicans love this. (That means Hillary)

 

FIFY

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"Why should I give information to you when all you want to do is find something wrong with it?"

Cable is dying anyway

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Who the [BLEEP] still uses cable. If you have internet there is ZERO reason to pay for cable.

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Who the [BAD WORD REMOVED] still uses cable. If you have internet there is ZERO reason to pay for cable.

Time Warner is also an internet company.

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Time Warner is also an internet company.

$50 for internet $0 for every show or game I want to see. How much is cable and a fast internet.

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LOL, I'm watching CNN...

 

They are calling it a "Media Shake up"

 

They have a graphic showing all the media giants merging...

 

Comcast + NBC Universal (2011)

 

Verizon + AOL (2015)

 

AT&T (w/ Direct TV) + Time Warner (w/ HBO, TNT, CNN, Warner Bros., Cartoon Network)

 

Just an FYI...  When corporations merge and buy into eachother...  That's not a shake-up!!

 

That's a consolidation of power...  

 

Republicans love this.  Progressives hate it.

 

Nonesense.  The basic tenant of the free market is that as the # of suppliers increases, the options and quality for consumers increases while the overall price decreases.  

 

Conversely, it is almost impossible for a central authority to control the means of production if they are sufficiently dispersed between 320 million people.  The more consolidated the means of production, the easier they are to regulate and manage by the state.   

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Who the [BAD WORD REMOVED] still uses cable. If you have internet there is ZERO reason to pay for cable.

And who do you get your internet through? That's why the major telecoms are against net nuetrality. They can see the writing is on the wall. And want to play gatekeeper.

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$50 for internet $0 for every show or game I want to see. How much is cable and a fast internet.

How do you get live sports on the internet? For example, how would you get today's Jaguars game on the Internet?

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Nonesense. The basic tenant of the free market is that as the # of suppliers increases, the options and quality for consumers increases while the overall price decreases.


Conversely, it is almost impossible for a central authority to control the means of production if they are sufficiently dispersed between 320 million people. The more consolidated the means of production, the easier they are to regulate and manage by the state.

You need to get your head out of the sand and realize the free market is not working in some idealized fashion highlighted by your high-school text book. The number of internet providers has decreased.

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Nonesense. The basic tenant of the free market is that as the # of suppliers increases, the options and quality for consumers increases while the overall price decreases.


Conversely, it is almost impossible for a central authority to control the means of production if they are sufficiently dispersed between 320 million people. The more consolidated the means of production, the easier they are to regulate and manage by the state.

You need to get your head out of the sand and realize the free market is not working in the idealized fashion highlighted by your high-school text book. The number of internet providers has decreased.

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Nonesense. The basic tenant of the free market is that as the # of suppliers increases, the options and quality for consumers increases while the overall price decreases.


Conversely, it is almost impossible for a central authority to control the means of production if they are sufficiently dispersed between 320 million people. The more consolidated the means of production, the easier they are to regulate and manage by the state.

You need to get your head out of the sand and realize the free market is not working in the idealized fashion highlighted by your high-school text book. The number of internet providers has decreased.

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Don't worry. Google will save the day.

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You need to get your head out of the sand and realize the free market is not working in some idealized fashion highlighted by your high-school text book. The number of internet providers has decreased.

 

you need to get your head out of the sand and actually read the context of a post.  I was responding to the idea that Republicans like a shrinking number of producers.  That's not the case.  As you pointed out, the options for people pursuing hard line cable are beginning to truncate.  That is due in part to the fact that hard line cable is dependent upon infrastructure that is by definition finite.  The only companies with access to the infrastructure to bring you hard line cable and internet are generally the cable company itself and the phone company.  As such, the market functions based on much more monopolistic competition. 

 

The good news is that as technology advances, consumers are being provided with more options for entertainment in general.  As some have mentioned in this thread, there are more and more options for people to find entertainment outside the confines of HD cable.  Online, subscription service, Etc. etc. etc.  As technology advances and the means by which dependable internet connections at high speeds can be delivered to consumers becomes more diverse, then cable providers will be exposed to more and more competition for capital and that will ultimately bring the costs down.  In the meantime, it is incumbent upon us as consumers to be as creative as possible in filling our entertainment needs and our personal allocations of our entertainment dollars will provide the most efficient support for the good alternatives as they emerge in the market place. 

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Lol at problem that think we've had some kind of free market in telecommunications or media like ever.


Funny the one sector that is probably the heaviest regulated had the least competiton why is that liberals?


Perhaps because regulations prevent competiton not encourage it.

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Lol at problem that think we've had some kind of free market in telecommunications or media like ever.


Funny the one sector that is probably the heaviest regulated had the least competiton why is that liberals?


Perhaps because regulations prevent competiton not encourage it.

 

Is it possible there are several types of regulation?  You realize that regulations cover many different things, right?

 

 

As for trumpettes:  Don't complain about a rigged system if you are cool with large conglomerates merging.  

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