Merging companies requires significant planning and approval from regulatory bodies like the FCC. The FCC has principles and guidelines for mergers that must be followed, including filing an application and undergoing public review and comment. Recently merged companies include AT&T/DirectTV, Charter/Time Warner Cable/Bright House, Comcast/Time Warner, Frontier/Verizon, and Gannett/Belo. The merger process involves filing an application, initial public notice, review of major transactions, public comment periods, and adherence to rules around confidential information.

1. Merging Companies
Discussion board 3- Instructor- Jeoffrey Jenkins
Dawn M Gibson (2015)
Colorado Technical University
Merging companies is not an easy thing to do. There has to be quite a lot of thought and planning
that goes into it. The FFC has principles and guideline that must be followed. Before any
company or business can be acquired or have license one needs to know about the FFC licensing.
A company with a FFC license cannot just be acquired, nor can it give its license away. It has to
be approved by the FFC first. There is a Commission Transaction Team that makes sure the
process is followed and understood as well as level across various businesses. (FCC., N.d)
These are recent mergers:
 AT&T/Direct TV
 Charter/Time Warner Cable/Bright House
 Comcast/Time Warner
 Frontier/Verizon
 Gannett/Belo
 Sinclair/All Britton
In 2008 Sirius/XM Radio merged. (FCC., N.d) (Awesome love them both)
(I am not a fan of Frontier, Time Warner, Verizon, Direct TV, or AT & T. I have dealt
with them all they are not local companies so talking to a human is rare. They also will
not disconnect you until the bill is paid in full, and keep charging. This is a huge no/no.
I am surprised they are in business. The companies I deal with no are ALL local, for the

2. community, which is important in our economy. Most are also green companies
(Delaware County Electrical Company [REA] which uses the waste dump to turn into
electric saving rural homes a lot of money ($50 compared to $700). Delhi Telephone
Company local and bring pay right to them.)
The process is:
 File Application which FFC reviews
 Initial Public Notice
 Major Transactions
 Contents of Applications
 Public Comment
 Information Request and Treatment of Confidential Information
 “Ex Parte Rule” Permit but disclosed is confidential
 Timeline
(FCC., N.d)
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3. References:
Board, E. (2015). Leadership and ethical decision making. [VitalSource Bookshelf version].
Retrieved from http://legacy.vitalsource.com/books/9781938390708/epubcfi/6/2
FCC. (N.d). Mergers and Acquisitions. Federal Communications Commission. 445 12th Street
5W., Washington, DC. 20554. Retrieved from https://www.fcc.gov/mergers