Cablevision Sold To Foreign Company In $17.7B Deal

Posted by | September 17, 2015 07:00 | Filed under: Economy


Update as of 03:24 a.m. EDT: Altice, the European telecoms company, as confirmed that it is to acquire U.S. cable provider Cablevision, in a $17.7 billion deal, that includes debt, the Reuters news agency reported. Original story below: European telecoms group Altice has agreed to purchase U.S. cable TV provider Cablevision for $17.7 billion including debt,…

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By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.

8 responses to Cablevision Sold To Foreign Company In $17.7B Deal

  1. rg9rts September 17th, 2015 at 07:16

    Any bets the service will still stink????

    • allison1050 September 17th, 2015 at 07:30

      I’m not missing a thing now that I’ve dumped teevee.

      • rg9rts September 17th, 2015 at 07:36

        They invented arrogant

    • Dwendt44 September 17th, 2015 at 12:08

      Hard to say. It would be hard to get any worse. Most of the rest of the world has far better TV and internet service. In most cases, the internet in Europe and Asia is fast and cheaper.

      • rg9rts September 17th, 2015 at 14:12

        Cheap is not in the cable industry lexicon

  2. robert September 17th, 2015 at 12:46

    another reason to get direct tv instead

  3. Mike September 17th, 2015 at 13:25

    Does anyone still have cable…I cut the cable 7 years ago and still bitch I have to use AT&T for internet.

    • whatthe46 September 17th, 2015 at 13:34

      i don’t have it anymore either. for about 2 yrs. i have hulu and netflix. grande for internet.

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