# Prof. Samuel Craig on the planned merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable

1 Faculty News December 29, 2014 ![MarketWatch logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/marketwatch%20logo.jpg?itok=pHUVfozf)>

Excerpt from [MarketWatch](http://www.marketwatch.com/story/wal-mart-is-the-most-unpopular-company-in-america-2014-12-29?link=MW_popular) -- "Earlier this year, TWC and Comcast announced plans to merge. (TWC has approximately 11 million video subscribers, and Comcast CMCS, +166.98% has around 22.6 million video customers.) More movies, television shows and live sporting events being produced by one company means less competition and more seller power, says [Samuel Craig](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/c-samuel-craig), director of the Entertainment Media and Technology Program at New York University’s Stern School of Business."

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