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U.S. Probes Cable for Limits on Net Video

Thomas Catan and Amy Schatz, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on June 12, 2012 at 9:11 pm PT

The Justice Department is conducting a wide-ranging antitrust investigation into whether cable companies are acting improperly to quash nascent competition from online video, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Verizon, Comcast Defend Spectrum-Purchase Plan

Amy Schatz, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 22, 2012 at 8:26 am PT

Verizon Communications Inc. and Comcast Corp. executives defended Verizon’s proposal to buy airwaves from cable companies for $3.6 billion, arguing at a Senate hearing Wednesday that it wouldn’t hurt competition and would improve Verizon’s wireless service.