Comcast: New Streaming TV Services Could Help Merger

Re/code: Comcast needs all the competition it can get these days, as it tries to convince U.S. regulators to approve its $45 billion deal to acquire Time Warner Cable. New over-the-top streaming TV services from Sony, Apple, Dish and others could be just what Comcast needs. The cable giant’s lawyers have argued that such new services demonstrate there is plenty of competition in the market.