DISH Petitions FCC to Deny Charter/Time Warner Cable Merger

Citing substantial harm to competition and consumers, DISH Network Corp.

petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to deny the proposed merger of Charter Communications, Inc.

and Time Warner Cable, Inc.

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