The premise behind Charter Communications buying Time Warner Cable, or Comcast buying Time Warner, or Charter and Comcast buying Time Warner together, or any other pay TV consolidation, is the same: If distributors get bigger, they’ll have more leverage with the TV networks, and can get better rates for their programming. I’ve already expressed my deep skepticism that this will have any effect on what you pay to watch TV.

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