Saturday, July 29, 2017

What's Next?

It was revealed yesterday that Sprint is in talks with Charter to merge.  For both parties, it would be in response to the consumer preference to have one-stop, discounted bundles for all telecom and media needs as the two industries continue to converge.  What makes things a bit more interesting in this case is that Charter and Comcast agreed in May to get each other’s blessing if they planned to sign a deal with a wireless company.  


And, then, there is the question of who else is talking or should be talking?  Verizon and …?  Disney and …?  CBS and …?  Viacom and …? T-Mobile and …?  Netflix and ...? I get the feeling that before the music stops, we will have a handful of media/telecom super giants that “do it all”.  Is that what consumers want?

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