Charter & Time Warner Merger Whether you are in a big multinational or a small developing company, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) can be conducted under certain terms. One can easily hypothesize that the M&A of Charter and Time Warner Cable (TWC) was followed by an enormous amount of challenges that required time, knowledge of the corporation, and, most importantly, patience. Through extensive research the management team of Charter realized that the M&A would result in "faster broadband speeds" as well as an "additional competition for consumers and businesses," and most importantly, a significant amount of revenue. Many companies struggle with their immediate M&A integration efforts, but they also suffer chronic performance issues caused by past integration efforts that have been allowed to linger and/or have been managed poorly (Galpin & Herndon, 2008). Cable Industry …show more content…
The supply and demand of telecommunicating was becoming popular, aided by deregulation and new technology. Throughout the years the dominant provider in the growing video services sector became a significant provider of Internet access to residential customers, and, in some locations, become an important competitor in the market for residential phone service (Hodes, Duwadi & Wise, 1999). To much surprise, most of the attention focused on cable stems from its status as the ‘500-pound gorilla’ in programmed exhibition, commanding $22 billion in annual revenues. The foundation for this growth was laid by the deregulatory Cable Act of 1984 (Atkin,