Disney on Sunday pulled its ABC stations, ESPN and other cable networks from DirecTV’s lineup as the two companies failed to reach a new distribution deal, leaving millions of sports fans in the dark as the college football and NFL seasons get underway.
AT&T and Google don’t have any problem being monopolies without a geographic lock on things.
AT&T purchased DirecTV, then to get out of direct monopoly charges they spun it off as its own company but retained 70% ownership.
Just about every decent sized company out there is just a single entity in a giant monopolistic trench coat.