When media distributors Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable Inc (NYSE:TWC) and AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) announced they were merging the hair on the back of several people was raised. Raising the hair on the back occurred from both advocates of freedom of the press and reporting diversity as well as content creators who feel the large organizations can use their power to push content costs lower. FCC’s protective order In an effort to uncover the various deals the large content companies have, a host of those suspicious of the proposed mergers requested and were granted a “time out”…
FCC Slows Down Media Giant's Merger Plans
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.