[News] AT&T's $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner is complete

[StyM]

https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/14/att-timewarner/

• AT&T Communications provides mobile, broadband, video and other communications services to U.S.-based consumers and nearly 3.5 million companies ? from the smallest business to nearly all the Fortune 1000 ? with highly secure, smart solutions. Revenues from these services totaled more than $150 billion in 2017.
• AT&T's media business consists of HBO, Turner and Warner Bros. Together, these businesses had revenues of more than $31 billion in 2017. A new name for this business will be announced later.
• AT&T International provides mobile services in Mexico to consumers and businesses, plus pay-TV service across 11 countries in South America and the Caribbean. It had revenues of more than $8 billion in 2017.
• AT&T's advertising and analytics business provides marketers with advanced advertising solutions using valuable customer insights from AT&T's TV, mobile and broadband services, combined with extensive ad inventory from Turner and AT&T's pay-TV services. A name for this company will be announced in the future.

[zanzabar]

It is sad to see this go through while ATT is still breaking their merger terms with direct tv.

[AliG]

Hurray! Fewer options for everyone!!!!!!!

Thank GOD we have the FCC protecting us.

[zanzabar]

Hurray! Fewer options for everyone!!!!!!!

Thank GOD we have the FCC protecting us.

They bought TW as in WB/CNN/HBO, not the ISP. It means more of ATT illegally zero rating their own products but charging others to do it, and I would assume less political coverage on HBO.