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First if my memory is correct mark me if im wrong,did Directv try to buy echostar not to long ago like a couple of years ago.
Yep. Back in 2002 over antitrust concerns. Back when there were people who thought there should be a limit to how consolidated and massive corporations should be in a sector.
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Re: Going to be intresting

said by Karl Bode See Profile :

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First if my memory is correct mark me if im wrong,did Directv try to buy echostar not to long ago like a couple of years ago.
Yep. Back in 2002 over antitrust concerns. Back when there were people who thought there should be a limit to how consolidated and massive corporations should be in a sector.
But even today the purchase would not even be approved. Possibility of competition for the incumbents who have the politicians in their back pockets.
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