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"DirecTV CEO Sees 'Logic' in a Merger with Dish Network
By Eriq Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter
DirecTV CEO Mike White on Friday said that there was something to be said for another attempt at a merger with Dish Network.
"There is a strategic logic to having one satellite company servicing a country like the United States, and certainly if I look at where content costs are, there is probably more of a case for that," he said.
Speaking at the Sanford C. Bernstein 28th annual Strategic Decisions Conference in New York, White was asked about the possibility of a merger. The companies tried to combine in 2002, but the plan was rejected by the FCC as anti-competitive. Speaking Friday, White conditioned that he doesn't think it is useful to speculate nor had much interest in laying out his strategy, but nevertheless he threw some weight behind the idea."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/directv-dish-network-merger-mike-white-332225
By Eriq Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter
DirecTV CEO Mike White on Friday said that there was something to be said for another attempt at a merger with Dish Network.
"There is a strategic logic to having one satellite company servicing a country like the United States, and certainly if I look at where content costs are, there is probably more of a case for that," he said.
Speaking at the Sanford C. Bernstein 28th annual Strategic Decisions Conference in New York, White was asked about the possibility of a merger. The companies tried to combine in 2002, but the plan was rejected by the FCC as anti-competitive. Speaking Friday, White conditioned that he doesn't think it is useful to speculate nor had much interest in laying out his strategy, but nevertheless he threw some weight behind the idea."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/directv-dish-network-merger-mike-white-332225
