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Re:AT&T reaches deal to buy Time Warner for more than $80B by wildmusings on Saturday October 22, 2016 @04:01PM (#12770328)
>That might be what they say, but I think it's to compete with Google.

That's not how ownership works. It's not "what they say". Either they own the company or they don't...

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Re:AT&T reaches deal to buy Time Warner for more than $80B by heartbreak on Saturday October 22, 2016 @04:27PM (#12770427)
Yeah isn't Time Warner Cable now merged with Charter to form what's now referred to simply as Spectrum?
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Re:AT&T reaches deal to buy Time Warner for more than $80B by haalcion3 on Sunday October 23, 2016 @10:58AM (#12773820)
Read my response- I wasn't disputing ownership, nor was I disputing the Time Warner.
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Re:AT&T reaches deal to buy Time Warner for more than $80B by haalcion3 on Sunday October 23, 2016 @10:57AM (#12773817)
I should have only quoted "AT&T just wants some content production companies" because the rest seems to have confused you. I wasn't disputing ownership.
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Re:AT&T reaches deal to buy Time Warner for more than $80B by wildmusings on Sunday October 23, 2016 @11:58AM (#12774026)
Please explain to me how competing with Google's broadband operation fits into all of this, then.
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Re:AT&T reaches deal to buy Time Warner for more than $80B by googler1500 on Sunday October 23, 2016 @01:24PM (#12774408)
I think what they were trying to say is that AT&T is buying up Time Warner Cable/Spectrum to own more of the broadband and cellular service markets, such that they can better compete with Google, now offering broadband and Google Fi data service over Sprint and T-Mobile's cellular networks.
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Re:AT&T reaches deal to buy Time Warner for more than $80B by jrockway on Sunday October 23, 2016 @10:46PM (#12776528)
AT&T already has a wireline ISP, U-Verse.

Google does not produce any TV channels, as far as I know.

AT&T is buying Time Warner because Comcast bought NBC/Universal. I'm pretty sure it's as simple as that.

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Re:AT&T reaches deal to buy Time Warner for more than $80B by wildmusings on Sunday October 23, 2016 @02:02PM (#12774587)
AT&T is NOT buying Time Warner Cable/Spectrum.
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