Media Execs Focus on Mergers, Streaming for 2016

TheStreet: John Malone will play a key role in redrawing the U.S. media industry in 2016, according to analysts and others who predict the landscape will be reshaped by consolidation and the continued rollout of over-the-top video streaming services. Malone’s Liberty Media owns a 26% stake in cable operator Charter Communications, which is expected to close its merger with Time Warner Cable by mid-2016. If that happens, it could make Liberty Media a vehicle for media consolidation.