There are rumours that a merger is on the cards - Have a look at this article in TV Predications.
There are a couple of points that interested me. Firstly, the argument that the merger would be approved because of greater competition from other delivery channels, IPTV in particular. It wasn't long ago that satellite TV was overwhelming dominant and this argument would not have held any water. There is a similar trend in the UK, where the digital terrestrial TV "Freeview" now matches the penetration of BskyB.
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