Stakeholders Spar Over Comcast/TWC, AT&T/DirecTV

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Parties on both sides of the Comcast/Time Warner Cable and AT&T/DirecTV deals in particular and consolidation in general lined up to gauge the status of those deals inside the Beltway.

That came at a panel session at the American Cable Association Summit in Washington.

Panel participants included Jon Leibowitz of Davis Polk (which represents Comcast), and former Federal Trade Commission chief; John Bergmayer of Public Knowledge; Jeff Blum from Dish; Hank Hultquist from AT&T and Ross Lieberman from the American Cable Association.

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John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.