House Republicans Say Comcast Merger Risks Undue Sway on Channels

New Your Times

“Allen P. Grunes, a partner at GeyerGorey and a former Justice Department antitrust lawyer, said Comcast and Time Warner do compete in the sale of local cable advertising, which takes up two to three minutes of every hour of cable programming.

“If the merger is consummated, the merged firm would likely have the power to increase prices in the spot cable advertising market through its control over a large number of subscribers and key market gateways,” Mr. Grunes said.”