It will create the largest cable television provider in America. But, most Americans don’t want the Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger to happen.
THELAW.TV polled 500 Internet users to find out whether they believe Comcast should be allowed to buy Time Warner Cable. A strong majority said, no, Comcast should not be allowed to buy Time Warner Cable.
The deal would combine two of the four largest pay-TV providers, which means the merger will face government scrutiny.
From Politico:
The Justice Department or the Federal Trade Commission will examine the deal for antitrust concerns, and the Federal Communications Commission will decide whether the merger is in the public interest. Comcast is the largest pay-TV company, followed by satellite TV providers DirecTV and Dish. Time Warner rounds out the top four.
Here are the results of THELAW.TV’s poll:
70% of Americans say, no, Comcast should not be allowed to buy Time Warner Cable
30% of Americans say, yes, Comcast should be allowed to buy Time Warner Cable
Here are some comments from the poll respondents:
- Hell no. Cost gonna go up.
- If the government approves it, yes.
- I’m surprised that it’s not considered a monopoly.
- Nope! Very close to monopolization.
- Can’t make Time Warner any worse than it is.
- No. I hope that the deal is rejected for anti-trust purposes. Cable costs enough. This is going to seriously stifle competition.
- Yeah. Why not? Comcast only owns 33-38 percent of the market with that purchase.
What do you think? Tell us in the comment section below.
THELAW.TV’s survey was conducted on Thumb using a demographically balanced internet-based survey of 500 American adults and has a margin of error of plus-or-minus 4.9 percent.
