Comcast/TWC Poses Competitive Threat, Says CenturyLink

Comcast's planned buy of Time Warner Cable poses “substantial threats to competition,” CenturyLink said in a Nov. 24 presentation to a large number of FCC staff. The staff included Philip Verveer, aide to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, and Shane Greenstein of the FCC's transaction review team, plus staff from the Media and Wireline bureaus, the Office of Strategic Planning, the General Counsel's Office and the Public Safety Bureau, said an ex parte filing in docket 14-57. The meeting also concerned the effects of the deal on CenturyLink's pay TV business, and information on CenturyLink's churn rates and financial information was redacted from the filing.