The Prospects For The Comcast Time-Warner Deal

Bloomberg writers tap a variety of experts and politicians on the prospects for approval of Comcast’s proposed purchase of Time Warner Cable. A number of sources think it could go forward, although with conditions imposed. Key politicians from both parties said they intend to look closely at the deal or hold hearings. Meanwhile, Common Cause says it’s “so over the top that it ought to be dead on arrival at the FCC.”