Tag: Time Warner
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United States Appeals Court Again Approves AT&T’s Deal to Buy Time Warner
This morning U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon ruled that AT&T’s $85.4 billion bid was legal, and imposed no conditions on the merger. This is a major blow to the Department of Justice who had appealed hoping to overturn an earlier ruling in an effort to at least impose some conditions on the merger. The Department of…
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The DOJ Is Considering Appealing the AT&T/Time Warner Merger
A few weeks ago, a federal judge approved the AT&T/Time Warner merger over the objections of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Almost immediately AT&T closed on the deal and launched AT&T Watch TV. Now, according to a Fox Business report, the DOJ is reportedly looking into appealing the ruling in hopes of overturning the merger…
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AT&T Renames Time Warner to WarnerMedia
Last week, after a long court battle, AT&T completed their acquisition of Time Warner. Now networks like HBO, CNN, Cartoon Network, and TNT and 10% of Hulu are owned by AT&T. In a memo acquired by CNBC, AT&T announced some changes they plan to make. “AT&T and Time Warner are incredibly storied and capable companies.…
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AT&T Has Completed its Acquisition of Time Warner
As of last night, AT&T is now the owner of Time Warner. With that comes 10% of Hulu and networks like HBO, CNN, Cartoon Network, TNT, and many others. This also gives AT&T ownership to the studios owned by Time Warner including Warner Bos. “The content and creative talent at Warner Bros., HBO and Turner…
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The AT&T-Time Warner Merger Clears The Way For AT&T’s New $15 Streaming Service
For months AT&T efforts to merge with Time Warner have been held up by the Department of Justice efforts to block the merger. Now the judge overseeing the case has ruled that AT&T can merge with Time Warner. The Judge has put no conditions on the merger. After that ruling was announced AT&T released this statement:…
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A US Federal Judge Has Approved The AT&T-Time Warner Merger
The AT&T-Time Warner antitrust trial finally has a ruling after the trial ended last month. Last year The Department of Justice had called on AT&T and Time Warner to sell all or part of the Turner Broadcasting Group—the group of cable networks that includes CNN—or to sell off DIRECTV and keep the cable networks as…
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The Time Warner-AT&T Ruling is Expected Tomorrow
The AT&T-Time Warner antitrust trial has came to a close last month now it looks like we will have a ruling tomorrow. AT&T is hoping that the judge will approve their merger with Time Warner but The Department of Justice is hoping the judge will block the deal unless certain conditions are met. The Department…
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The AT&T Time Warner Trial Is Over—Now We Wait
The AT&T-Time Warner antitrust trial has come to a close. Now both sides need to wait as the judge works on his final ruling. The Department of Justice has called on AT&T and Time Warner to sell all or part of the Turner Broadcasting Group—the group of cable networks that includes CNN—or to sell off…
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Cord Cutting This Week #18: Is AT&T Time Warner Merger Good For Cord Cutting?
AT&T is in the process of buying Time Warner. Not the cable company that was sold to Charter a few years ago, but the parent company behind CNN, TNT, and HBO. Back in December the Department of Justice sued to block the merger on antitrust grounds. AT&T’s deal to buy Time Warner is an $85.4…
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AT&T-Time Warner Antitrust Trial Starts Tomorrow
AT&T is in the process of buying Time Warner. Not the cable company that was sold to Charter a few years ago, but the parent company behind CNN, TNT, and HBO. Back in December the Department of Justice sued to block the merger on antitrust grounds. AT&T’s deal to buy Time Warner is an $85.4…