At stake is competition and advancement of Internet, cable, and publication service. The Federal Trade Commission was established in order to regulate the formation of trusts and protect consumer rights. In order to compete in modern markets, competitors sometimes need to collaborate. Competitive forces are driving firms toward complex collaborations to achieve goals such as expanding into foreign markets, funding expensive innovation efforts, and lowering production and other costs. This, simply put, means that the basis of the system is competition.
Competition leads to the advancement and more widely availability of the product.
The Federal Communications Commission s role in the merger would be to make sure that AOL Time Warner would not block out competition to the products and services it offered. This statement reflects the commissions dedication to the right of a consumer to get a fair deal. Other roadblocks could have stopped the merger from taking place as well, such as the decision from Canada and other countries. The acquisition of Time Warner shows how much AOL Executive Steve Case is after more money and not the betterment of technology. Case, before the announcement to buy Time Warner, was one of the leading figures in the fight to end the cable companies hold on broadband, or high-speed, access.