FCC will not say if enterprise will overview AT&T buy of Time Warner

WASHINGTON U.S. Federal Communications commission Chairman Tom Wheeler on Thursday declined to mention if he thinks the commission will review AT&T's proposed $eighty five.4 billion buy of Time Warner Inc.

At a press convention, Wheeler known as questions about the deal hypothetical, since nothing has been filed. some analysts have suggested the transaction could avoid a complete-scale FCC evaluation considering Time Warner simplest holds one broadcast license and some satellite licenses.

"We need to see how matters increase," Wheeler said, declining to say whether the FCC could still have a position if no licenses are transferred. AT&T has said the Justice department will evaluation the deal and that the FCC ought to evaluation it.

separately, a U.S. Senate subcommittee stated it's going to maintain a Dec. 7 hearing to take into account the merger and encompass testimony from AT&T chief executive Randall Stephenson and Time Warner CEO Jeffrey Bewkes.

The FCC on Thursday also accredited new broadband privateness policies that would restriction AT&T's capability to use records from Time Warner to enhance advertising without getting consumer consent.