Except they do compete for the same customers, no? The merger is with Time Warner Cable and not Time Warner.
However, even if they did merge with Time Warner, they would still be competing for the same customers, since Comcast is NBC is Universal.
However, even if they did merge with Time Warner, they would still be competing for the same customers, since Comcast is NBC is Universal.
There are exactly zero such markets.
Not approximately. Exactly.
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/02/12/comcast-set-to-acquir...
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/24/opinion/the-comcast-time-w...
And although deregulation did away from allowing cities to provide exclusive rights, very few cable companies are willing to pay to fight the entrenched interests.