This month's appellate court ruling struck down the Federal Communications Commission's limits on cable ownership, which had capped the total market share any single company could own at 30 percent. Clustering makes sense in the same way that hubs make sense for the airline industry. They're trying to rationalize the properties they already have. Charter CEO Kent says the company has slashed its head ends from almost 1,300 to less than 500 in the last year. About 45 percent of the company's subscribers are clustered in 14 cities, averaging 200,000 customers apiece.
More clustering is likely to come.
It makes sense in the future to look at some kind of swap for those. Privacy Policy Stock data provided by Stockpoint and its data suppliers.