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Tying up the cable business

机译:从事电缆业务

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Employees joining Comcast, America's largest pay-television and internet provider, are given a copy of "An Incredible Dream", a history of the company commissioned by the firm. On the cover is Ralph Roberts, its founder, standing with arms outstretched, like the Christ statue on Rio de Janeiro's mountaintop. Comcast's dramatic rise since 1963, when Mr Roberts bought a small cable system in Mississippi, is an inspirational American business story, and represents how tiny companies can become monumental ones. Today Comcast is run by Mr Roberts' son, Brian, employs 140,000 people and has a market capitalisation of around $140 billion. But when does "big" become "too big"? Regulators in Washington, dc, will have to decide. In February Comcast announced a $45 billion bid for Time Warner Cable (twc), America's second-largest cable company. Comcast has agreed to divest around a quarter of twc subscribers voluntarily, leaving it with around 30% of the national pay-TV market and 40% of high-speed broadband should the deal go through, according to Moffett Nathanson, a research firm. Regulators at America's Department of Justice and Federal Communications Commission (fcc) are reviewing the merger on antitrust grounds, with the fcc also assessing its impact on the public interest. They are expected to make a decision by early next year.
机译:加入美国最大的付费电视和互联网提供商康卡斯特的员工将获得一份“令人难以置信的梦想”的副本,这是该公司委托的公司的历史。封面上是创始人拉尔夫·罗伯茨(Ralph Roberts),双臂伸出来,像里约热内卢山顶上的基督雕像。自1963年罗伯茨先生在密西西比州购买小型电缆系统以来,康卡斯特的戏剧性崛起是美国鼓舞人心的商业故事,它代表了小型公司如何成为具有纪念意义的公司。如今,康卡斯特由罗伯茨的儿子布莱恩(Brian)经营,拥有14万名员工,市值约为1400亿美元。但是什么时候“大”变成“太大”?华盛顿特区的监管机构将不得不做出决定。 2月,康卡斯特(Comcast)宣布以450亿美元的价格收购美国第二大有线电视公司时代华纳有线(twc)。研究公司莫菲特·内森森(Moffett Nathanson)表示,康卡斯特已经同意自愿剥离大约四分之一的twc订户,如果​​交易达成,它将拥有全国30%的付费电视市场和40%的高速宽带市场。美国司法部和联邦通信委员会(fcc)的监管机构正在以反托拉斯为由对合并进行审查,同时fcc还评估了合并对公共利益的影响。他们预计将在明年年初做出决定。

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    《The economist》 |2014年第8907期|67-68|共2页
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