US Government will appeal against the merger of AT & T and Time Warner

Last month, Judge Richard Leon of the US District Court for Washington DC, gave his fire green at the $ 85 billion merger without any conditions.

The administration had tried to block this union last November, saying it would hurt competition and lead to higher prices for customers.

Time Warner's TBS, TNT, CNN, Cartoon Network, HBO and Cinemax offerings include programming such as Game of Thrones, and a significant number of regular and playoff games in Major League Baseball. and The National Basketball Association

According to the government's lawsuit, AT & T would use its control over these valuable and popular networks to hinder their rivals by forcing them to pay hundreds of millions of dollars more per year for the right to distribute these chains.

Despite these allegations, León felt that the US administration had not provided sufficient evidence of any possible damage to competition by this alliance.

However, last week, local media reported that AT & T price increases for some services after the June 14 acquisition, including a five-dollar increase for each of his DirecTV Now transmission plans.

Effective July 26, new business users must: pay an initial price of DirecTV of $ 40 a month for about 60 channels, a step that, according to the company, aims to put the cost of this service be "in line with the market".

The company also recently unveiled an unlimited wireless plan of $ 70 per month, which exceeds the basic plan of this type already existing by five dollars.

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