The shape of a Comcast world

Comcast has begun its campaign for governmental approval of its proposed merger with Time Warner, combining the first and second largest U.S. cable companies. But, as yet most people don’t quite understand the scope of the combined companies.

As media watchdog Free Press says:

•    Comcast will control half of the truly high-speed U.S. Internet market, half of the TV/Internet-bundle market and a third of the pay-TV market.

•    Comcast will be the largest pay-TV provider in 104 markets encompassing 65 percent of the U.S. population.

•    Comcast’s service area will cover almost two-thirds of the U.S., and it will be the only broadband provider that can deliver Internet and pay-TV services to nearly four out of every 10 U.S. homes.

But, words don’t do the subject justice. In addition, Free Press is helping us grasp the enormity of it with a series of infographics that detail the reach of the proposed company, its areas of monopoly, and its control.

Check out the graphics here.

Four Infographics Reveal Why the Comcast Merger Is Bad for You (Freepress.net, Mar. 26, 2014)