FCC Opens Charter/TWC docket

On May 26, 2015, Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable announced that they had entered into a definitive agreement for Charter to merge with TWC in a cash-and-stock transaction that values TWC at $78.7 billion. In addition, Charter and Advance/Newhouse Partnership announced that Charter will acquire Bright House Networks for $10.4 billion. Applications seeking Federal Communications Commission consent to the transfer of control of TWC and BHN and their respective wholly-owned subsidiaries are expected. The purpose of this public notice is to announce the opening of a docket, MB Docket No. 15-149, and articulate the ex parte status of discussions related to the proposed transaction.
[MB Docket No. 15-149]