Cable giant Comcast has officially abandoned its bid to buy Time Warner cable. “Today, we move on” were the words of Comcast chief executive Brian Roberts in a written statement released this morning.
The $45.2 billion deal disintegrated after meetings this week between corporate executives and federal regulators revealed the government was mobilizing to block the deal.
Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson speaks to Michael Regan of Bloomberg News about the what the end of the deal means for the cable industry.
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- Michael Regan, editor at Bloomberg News. He tweets @Reganonymous.
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