Citing substantial harm to competition and consumers, DISH Network Corp.
DISH petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to
deny the proposed merger of Charter Communications, Inc. CHTR and Time Warner
Cable, Inc. TWC The petition to deny, available here,
outlines, among other things, the critical role that high-speed
broadband plays in the video industry and the potential for the merger
to significantly damage competitive development of over-the-top (OTT)
video and limit consumer access to online video programming. Some key
points from the petition on the following topics include:
MERGER PRESENTS RISK OF SIGNIFICANT HARMS:
New Parties, Same Harms: The proposed transaction would be no
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