They've already made the offer, but this cannot be allowed to take place, can it?
The telecom giant already controls the following landline companies...
BellSouth Telecommunications (formerly known as Southern Bell; includes former South Central Bell)
Illinois Bell
Indiana Bell
Michigan Bell
Ohio Bell
Pacific Bell (formerly Pacific Telephone & Telegraph)
Nevada Bell (formerly known as Bell Telephone Company of Nevada)
Southwestern Bell
Wisconsin Bell (formerly Wisconsin Telephone
They already own DirecTV; the leader in satellite television. They are one of the biggest cable companies.
And now they want to purchase the leading company in content, Time Warner. Time Warner owns...
HBO
Cinemax
HBO Multiplexes
HBO on Demand
Cinemax Multiplexes
Cinemax on Demand
HBO Home Entertainment
HBO Domestic and International Program Distribution
HBO Films
HBO Miniseries
HBO Sports
HBO Entertainment
HBO Documentary Films
HBO International
HBO Asia
HBO Europe
HBO Hungary
HBO India
HBO Poland
HBO Romania
HBO Latin America Group
HBO Latin America
HBO Brazil
Warner Channel
E! Latin America
Cinemax Latin America
Turner Broadcasting International
Millennium Media Group
Turner Broadcasting System Latin America
Chilevisión
Telefe
Turner Entertainment Networks
truTV
TBS
TNT
TCM
WPCH
truTV Original Productions
TCM Productions
Turner Sports
NASCAR Races
Turner Sports & Entertainment Digital Network
Bleacher Report
NCAA.com
March Madness Live
PGA.com
NBA Digital (joint venture with the NBA)
NBA TV
NBA.com
NBA LEAGUE PASS
NBA Mobile
NBA Game Time App
NBADLEAGUE.com
WNBA.com
Esporte Interativo (Brazil)
Turner Entertainment Digital Network
The Smoking Gun
Universal Wrestling Corporation (formerly World Championship Wrestling, Inc. - assets now owned by WWE, Inc.)
TBS, Inc. Animation, Young Adults & Kids Media (AYAKM) division
Cartoon Network
Adult Swim
Boomerang
Cartoon Network Studios
Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe
Williams Street
CNN News Group
CNN U.S.
HLN
CNN en Español
KBEH (co-owned by Viacom)
CNN International
CNN Originals
HLN Productions
CNN Digital Network
CNNMoney
iReport
CNN Mobile
CNN Newsource
CNN ImageSource
CNN Wire
Turner Private Networks
CNN Airport
AccentHealth Waiting Room Television Network
Turner Inflight Services
Amtrak Acela Network
Dealer Entertainment Network - with TCG Enterprises, Inc,
The Checking Network
International
TCM & Cartoon Network / Asia Pacific
Cartoonito
TNT Latin America
Pogo
Retro
Space
MuchMusic Latin America
I.Sat
HTV
Turner Japan K.K. (formerly Japan Entertainment Network K.K. and Japan Image Communications Co.,Ltd.)
Cartoon Network
TABI Channel
MONDO TV
Joint Ventures
CNN Chile
CETV
CNN-IBN
CNNj
CNN TÜRK
CNN.co.jp (Japanese)
n-tv
Zee Turner Ltd (India)
Boing
Websites/Broadband Services
CallToons
Play On! Powered by ACC Select
Super Deluxe
TNT Overtime
SI.com
PGA Tour.com and PGA.com
NASCAR.com
Bamzu.com
Warner Bros. Consumer Products
Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures
Warner Bros. Pictures International
Warner Bros. International Cinemas
DC Entertainment
DC Comics
Mad (magazine)
Vertigo (DC Comics)
Warner Bros. Digital Networks
DramaFever
Warner Bros. Pictures Group
New Line Cinema
Turner Entertainment Co.
Warner Bros. Pictures
Music
Domestic Distribution
Castle Rock Entertainment
Warner Bros. Television Group
Warner Bros. Television
Warner Horizon Television
Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Warner Bros. International Television
Warner Bros. Television Productions UK
Eyeworks
Telepictures
Alloy Entertainment
The CW (50% with CBS Corporation)
The CW Plus
The CW Daytime
CW Seed
Warner Bros. Animation
Hanna-Barbera (In Name-only unit)
Looney Tunes
WB Kids
Warner Bros. Television Media to Go (online)
Warner Home Video
Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Monolith Productions
NetherRealm Studios
Rocksteady Studios
TT Games
Turbine (company)
WB Games Montréal
WB Games San Francisco
Hulu (10%) (in partnership with 21st Century Fox, Comcast and The Walt Disney Company)
Global Media Group
Time Warner Medialab
Time Warner Investments - venture capital unit
Adaptly
Bluefin Labs
Conviva
CrowdStar
Dynamic Signal
Double Fusion
Everyday Health
Exent
Gaia Online
tvtag previously as GetGlue
NuvoTV
Simulmedia
Tremor Video
Trion Worlds
VisibleWorld
Do I really need to point out why it's important not to let media companies gain control of the flow of information ....AGAIN?
See $everance for more information.
