Charter Communications to merge with Cox in mega cable deal

U.S. cable giants Charter and Cox, under assault by streaming services, pursue merger

Charter Communications has offered to acquire Cox Communications, a US$34.5-billion merger that would combine two of the top three cable companies in the U.S.

US cable giants Charter and Cox, under assault by streaming services, pursue $34.5B merger

NEW YORK — Charter Communications has offered to acquire Cox Communications, a $34.5 billion merger that would combine two of the top three cable companies in the U.S.

Cable giants Charter and Cox are merging — but don’t expect the cord-cutting bloodbath to reverse

Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The nation’s biggest pay-TV provider is getting even bigger — and not a moment too soon. Cable giant Charter unveiled plans on Friday to merge with Cox in a $34.5 billion deal. The deal could offer the companies a lifeline at a time when the pay-TV business is on shaky ground and losing subscribers to cord-cutting. A Charter-Cox combination would be better equipped to b…

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Donald Trump ran on Making America Great Again. Now we're seeing companies dress up merger pitches in MAGA rhetoric.BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty ImagesCharter, a big cable and broadband company, is buying Cox, a smaller one.Is there an antitrust issue here? Maybe?But Charter is hoping it can get on Donald Trump's good side by pitching the deal as Great For America.Charter, one of the country's biggest cable and broadband companies, is buying…

Charter and Cox’s big cable-TV merger will ramp up the Spectrum brand in the cord-cutting era

On Friday, cable companies Charter Communications and Cox Communications announced that they’ve agreed to merge. Charter will acquire Cox in a deal valued at $34.5 billion.  This is one of the biggest deals of the year. Charter, known more widely by its brand Spectrum, is one of the largest television communications operators in the country.  The proposed transaction will result in Charter acquiring Cox’s commercial fiber and managed IT and clou…

New York, May 16 (EFE).- The giants of the American cable Charter Communications and Cox Communications announced on Friday a merger agreement worth $34.5 billion, which will result in one of the largest television and internet providers in the United States combining two of the country’s three main cable companies. Companies today point out in a statement that it is a “transaction transformation that will create a leader in the industry of mobi…