Konkurencja i konsument · 11/03/1997

Time Warner Inc., et al.; Prohibited Trade Practices, and Affirmative Corrective Actions

In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent order requires the restructuring of the acquisition by Time Warner of Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc. by, among other things, requiring Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI) to divest its interest in Time Warner to a separate company, requiring TCI, Turner and Time Warner to cancel long-term carriage agreements, barring Time Warner's programming interests from discriminating in carriage decisions against rival programmers, and requiring Time Warner's cable interests to carry a rival to CNN.