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AT&T, DirecTV deal review nears end

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Regulators are nearing the end of their review of the AT&T/DirecTV deal. As CNNreports, executives from the two companies met at the FCC to discuss the “conditions that the companies have proposed to assuage possible government concerns about the deal,” adding that “conventional wisdom in the industry is that it will be approved.”

The Communications Workers of America (CWA)supportsthe deal because it will benefit consumers and workers. CWAfiledits support with the Federal Communications Commission and urged the Commission to approve the transaction: “The proposed AT&T/DIRECTV merger will advance the deployment of high-speed broadband, strengthen competition in the video and broadband markets, and promote collective bargaining and good, career jobs.”

AT&T, DirecTV executives meet with regulators about deal (CNN Money, June 6, 2015)

 

CWA says AT&T-DIRECTV merger will advance broadband buildout, help consumers, workers (Speed Matters, Sept. 16, 2014)

 

Comments of Communications Workers of America (FCC filing, Sep. 16, 2014)