Netflix, Charter Said to Get US Demand in Comcast Probe

Netflix and Time Warner are among at least four companies to receive demands for information from the Justice Department in its review of Comcast’s bid for Time Warner Cable, people familiar with the matter said. The requests advance the government’s review to a new stage and will provide information to the department’s antitrust division about whether the $45.2 billion acquisition is anticompetitive. A civil investigative demand -- similar to a subpoena -- also was received by cable company Charter Communications Inc., one person said. Cogent Communications Holdings, a business Internet provider, said it received one, too. Discovery Communications Inc. was asked informally for information, another person said.