Consolidation coming to cable TV. DirecTV and Dish close to a merger that would create the largest pay TV provider in the country.
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00:00Consolidation coming to cable TV, DirecTV and Dish close to a merger that would
00:06create the largest pay TV provider in the country with almost 20 million
00:12subscribers. The merger will likely face federal antitrust scrutiny but a steep
00:17decline in cable subscribers should ease concerns. The pay TV industry has
00:22declined from more than 100 million subscribers in 2015 to less than 70
00:28million today while Netflix, Amazon Prime and others have emerged.