Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I whakapumautia e Comcast i tenei ra kua whakarerea e ia tana tono ki te hoko Time Warner Cable mo te $ 45.2 piriona me te hanga i tetahi kaiwhakarato pouaka whakaata me te ipurangi nui. 'I tēnei rā, ka neke atu mātou. Ko te tikanga, i hiahia matou ki te kawe i o maatau hua nui ki nga taone hou, engari i hangaia e matou tenei kirimana kia kore ai te kawanatanga e whakaae, ka taea e matou te haere atu, 'i kii te Tumuaki o Comcast a Brian Roberts i roto i tetahi korero. I te pō o te Rāapa, i puta mai ko ngā kaiwhakahaere Whakawhitinga Whakawhitinga a te Kāwanatanga i whakatau kāore te whakakotahitanga i te pai ki te iwi whānui, ā, ka whakatū i tētahi ara whakahaere e ārai ana i te kirimana mō ngā marama, ā, ka mate rawa pea. I whai ake tenei i te whakahe kaha mai i nga kaitautoko o te wehenga o te kupenga me nga kaiwhakarato ihirangi penei i a Disney me 21st Century Fox. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. I kii te Tumuaki o Comcast a Brian Roberts, 'i tenei ra ka neke atu tatou' i te panui i te whakarere a te kamupene i tana tono ki te hoko Time Warner Cable. Te whakakotahitanga nui: Ko te $45.2 piriona te utu i whakakotahitia ai ngā kiritaki 30 miriona o Comcast me te 11 miriona o Time Warner Cable. Ko te kamupene hou ka wehe atu, ka hokona atu rānei i te 3.9 miriona kiritaki. Ko Comcast, te kaiwhakarato taura me te ipurangi nui rawa atu o te whenua, e 30 miriona nga kaiohauru. Ko Time Warner te kamupene taura nui tuarua i te US me te tuawha o nga kaiwhakarato pouaka whakaata whatunga whanui me te ipurangi. 'He kamupene ahurei a Comcast NBCUniversal me te kaha kaha. I roto i tēnei tukanga katoa, kua puritia e ō mātou kaimahi te pōro, ā, kua whiwhi mātou i ngā hua whakahaere tino pai. E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakawhetai ki a ratou me nga kaimahi o Time Warner Cable mo a raatau mahi uaua, "e kii ana a Roberts. Ko te whakakotahitanga e whakaarohia ana ka whakahaerehia te 57% o te maakete ipurangi whanui me te 30% o te maakete pouaka whakaata utu me te neke atu i te 27 miriona kaihoko puta noa i te motu. I te pō o te Rāapa, i whakaaturia e te Wall Street Journal, i pātai ngā kaiwhakahaere o te FCC mēnā he mea pai ki te iwi whānui te hanganga o te kaiwhakarato pouaka whakaata me te ipurangi nui. E ai ki ngā pūrongo, i whakamahere ngā kaimahi ki te tūtohu kia arotakehia e tētahi kaiwhakawa ture whakahaere te kirimana - he ārai ture kei...
Nā te whakakotahitanga i waenganui i ngā kamupene taura nui rawa e rua i whiwhi ai te kamupene hou i te 57 ōrau o te mākete ipurangi whatunga whānui me te 30 ōrau o te pouaka whakaata utu. 'I tēnei rā ka neke atu mātou,' e ai ki te Tumuaki o Comcast a Brian Roberts. E 30 miriona ngā kaiohauru a Comcast, ā, e 11 miriona ngā kaiohauru a Time Warner Cable; ka wehe atu te kamupene hou, ka hokona atu rānei i te 3.9 miriona. I tūtohu ngā kaimahi o te FCC kia tukuna te whakakotahitanga ki tētahi kaiwhakawa hei arotake - he ārai ture nui. I pātai ngā kaiwhakahaere mēnā he pai ki te iwi whānui te whakakotahitanga.