By Chris Evangelista/May 8, 2018 7:00 am EST
Update: Disney CEO Bob Iger has weighed-in on the Comcast news, and he clearly doesn’t seem very worried. In an interview with CNBC, Iger said:
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“We made a good deal, actually a deal that shareholders reacted quite favorably to and we’re going to remain confident in our ability to close.”
On top of that, there’s the fact that the Department of Justice has opposed the AT&T-Time Warner deal, citing antitrust concerns. If a federal judge rules against AT&T’s $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner, Comcast is going to give up on this entire idea and back away. A decision on that court case is expected to arrive in June. In other words, let’s just wait and see what happens.
