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Regulated telecoms should not be allowed to own media. If this goes through, expect the net neutrality rules to be bent beyond all recognition.

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AT&T already owns Direct TV, which it (and it alone) doesn't count against AT&T Datacaps

EDIT: A previous version of this comment mistakenly claimed AT&T owns Dish Network

No. AT&T owns Direct TV, not Dish Network

Dish network owns blockbuster. As I recall through they don't allow you uncapped bandwidth on their network for blockbuster, which I think is by law.

Meta-correction: AT&T owns DirecTV, not Direct TV.

Meta, meta correction: AT&T owns DIRECTV, not DirecTV.

(Source: SEC Form 15-12B, filed November 9, 2015.)

This is what scares me. Comcast and now AT&T.

What's next? Verizon to buy Viacom?

Verizon Chipotle Exxon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFKoGtgg6Mo

...brought to you by YouTube, a Google company, whose parent company is Alphabet.

AOLTimeWarnerPepsicoViacomHalliburtonSkynetToyotaTacoBellTraderJoe's

FaceTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMcny_pixDw

National Amusements (Viacom's main shareholder) isn't interested in selling to a 3rd party[1]: "To avoid any doubt, National Amusements is not willing to accept or support (i) any acquisition by a third party of either company or (ii) any transaction that would result in National Amusements surrendering its controlling position in either company or not controlling the combined company."

Everything has a price, though, one can imagine.

[1]http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160929005731/en/Viac...

Yeah especially when Sumner Redstone dies. Then all bets are off.

It wouldn't be particularly different than Comcast (which owns a lot of media).

I would think they also have other media properties, but AT&T already owns DirectTV, which has a little bit of production.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirecTV#Programming

I am aware. Comcast is just as bad. They're flouting the FCC's net neutrality rules already despite additional restrictions imposed by a consent decree to (supposedly) explicitly address these concerns: https://www.wired.com/2015/11/comcast-may-have-found-a-major...

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