john malone owns 27% of charter, and has been calling for consolidation within the cable industry to lp with pricing power. to reiterate command charter communications is accessible with its bid to buy time warner cable, kind cap will buy time warner cable's new york, north carolina, and new england cable. comcast will not be in any other part of the deal. >> thank you, alix steel. in the meantime, want to get you back to d.c., my colleague alan is still standing by, taking a look at the outlook for this bill. i know there is about to be a vote on wednesday, correct? >> correct. like last july, you see this house speaker having a little bit different laserjet with his different relationship with his caucus than last time. is closerfood stamps to what the democrats want, and he is willing to go ahead of the bell, even if the democrats do not want it that republicans do not want it. >> kkr, the private equity firm run by george roberts agreed to by a majority stake. joining me now with more on the story, devin. were discussing with me earlier in the is the most active pe firm. they are

the cable cowboy history, really the grandfather of the modern cable industry. nce said it is a crime against humanity for a cable company to be levered at less than four times either.. now you have the whole industry with the exception of chartered, which he partially controls, with relatively low levels of leverage. one of the things he wants to do is bring back the leverage -- himotally pushing against in a consensus. the leverage, forget about it, want to leverage up and make things happen. word athat -- the vogue the moment, disruptive -- is a disruptive in the industry or does it embraced activism and the ability to shake things up? >> he is actually talking about something i think the whole industry will get behind. he wants the cable industry to return to the heyday of the 1990's when it cable operators work much more collaboratively. they don't compete with each other. they are in separate geographies so they don't directly compete. but they don't necessarily collaborate and all the ways he thinks they could and should. yesterday, for example, you heard

. >> it has to happen for the cable industry. people from raising their prices. gerri: it's like the airline industry. this sounds a lot like there're going to be higher consumer prices. viacom wants more money and that is long to use as a consumer. but maybe consumers are just going to do this altogether. so maybe they can get this for cheaper and maybe keep the bills at the same level my mother can't think of her world without cable tv. yes my sister, she can't understand why anyone would buy cable in the first place. gerri: it really is a generational thing. time warner is second and it's a very different number. and there is a very big difference in the revenue and you look at these numbers and say there's a little aerial view and what can we do to it disrupt the break. industry say that you are right. these are monsters that have strivers and americans certainly like their tv. gerri: i love my tv for the record. however it is delivered. >> that's right, if they keep raising the prices. that is an issue where they hold out. b

the other big area possible consolidation that is in the news every day is in the cable industry. we saw the other day that charter made a bid, $61 billion, for time warner cable. they rejected it. it was overpriced. -- over price. cable systems, charter, time warner, they are in different areas so they don't necessarily compete directly with each other in geographic areas. i would say washington probably would allow a charter purchase of time warner if they could get the price right. if comcast, which is the biggest cable company, were to buy time warner that would maybe be a different story just because of their size. i want to make a larger point about some very deep changes that are happening in the communications, high-tech, information industry that will really guide these questions for years to come which is the fact that we see this really -- hyper-conductivity among these different types of companies. these to have a telephone sector, wireless sector amah and internet sector. -- wireless sector, internet sector. not easy companies like apple and microsoft and netflix are u

created by the cable industry 30 years ago. follows in hd and us on twitter. >> this week on "newsmakers," richard cordray, welcome back. we appreciate your time. we have jim puzzanghena who is with the "los angeles times" and alan zibel with "the wall street journal." alan has the first question. >> you are the first regulator to really have a broad look at how consumers are being treated across the entire financial system. what is the area you have looked at that you are most concerned about? >> we are worried. most have been worried about the mortgage market. the mortgage market is clearly the reason the economy blew up in 2008. consumers were massively harmed. it was the single biggest financial market that has been troubled in many respects than the lending side in the service eye. -- and the servicing side. >> you had just come out with some new mortgage rules. the housing market is finally starting to recover from the crash. why do you think these rules will help the market as opposed to hurt it? >> the rules are not rea

cable industry. >> he is one of the pioneers. >> he helped to grow and consolidate it. sirius could be a dial a lot of .hese cable system i am sure he's going to want to have some say of owning it out right. a gift simplest ability to pipe sirius content into cable networks. run around thend telephone companies. verizon, at&t. you go over the wi-fi signal. the is a popular way and expensive way comparatively to place phone calls. that -- >> that is a great point. they're looking for new ways to grow. wrote -- growth has been down. they need to find ways to exploit revenue. if it is wi-fi hotspots, you can hotspot.e >> thank you. following what is going on with liberty media and sirius xm. withain resorts are socgen snow. -- stuck with snow. resorts twowindow hours north of new york city. we are joined by the president, chip seamans. welcome. tell us the conditions now there. >> the conditions are fabulous. we are pretty happy here. >> how many inches did you receive? >> a good 12-14 inches in the last 24 hours. >> what did you have as a base? >> our base was solid. it wa

. >> and then there is the cable industry. the size of the screen dictates the players. right now you don't see the cable people, except for time warner cable, go into this. you can only get the super bowl on the fox ipad app. how is cable responding to what cory johnson is saying? >> cable is aware of what is happening. the execution on doing something about it has not been up to the standards of the industry that they would like to see. even the time warner inc., a content company, is looking around and saying, the thing that we say is tv everywhere -- >> like 51 million iphones. >> exactly. is that accelerating as fast as we wanted to? >> 51 million small tvs that everyone else calls a smart phones? >> that is a lot of phones for sure. the slowing momentum of the iphone is a point of concern. it is not unique to apple. globally, we are seeing demand for these high-end, premium smartphones that has boosted business for apple and samsung is just slowing. they have sold as many as they can sell. the growth areas are in some of the emerging markets. china is buying. they a

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the other big area possible consolidation that is in the news every day is in the cable industry. we saw the other day that charter made a bid, $61 billion, for time warner cable. they rejected it. it was overpriced. price.ver cable systems, charter, time warner, they are in different areas so they don't necessarily compete directly with each other in geographic areas. i would say washington probably would allow a charter purchase of time warner if they could get the price right. if comcast, which is the biggest cable company, were to buy time warner that would maybe be a different story just because of their size. i want to make a larger point about some very deep changes that are happening in the communications, high-tech, information industry that will really guide these questions for years to come which is the fact that we see this really -- hyper-conductivity among these different types of companies. these to have a telephone sector, wireless sector amah and internet sector. sector, internet sector. applesy companies like and microsoft and netflix are used to be software compa

is the cable industry really that great a place to be in the long run?you have those , and youlling the cord could say we are going to make that of -- >> is not going to happen tomorrow. the major cable companies are the major internet service providers. that transition to broadband delivery will include usage fees. think it is the cellular mobility that people will be using? >> you have to have the core pipeline that the cable industry provides. >> want to walk into your home you're going to use wi-fi. you're not going to want to pay for that wireless signal because that eats a lot of your data. let's not forget who is the player here. this is john malone. he is not in it for the long term. he is not said why are how this deal makes sense on a fundamental or strategic basis. this is about rearranging a balance sheet and making money by moving money around. in the near-term, exactly. he is not in it for 10-15 years. he is in it for five years, and he will make a lot of money if he can pull off this deal. >> if he can pull it off. what do you think? treme

he likes the cable industry. he particularly likes the broadband growth there. in europe and the united states, giving themidating, more leverage against programmers who have been raising prices by 10% or more every single year and that increased leverage will cut costs and make companies more profitable. >> to your point, alex, we know that liberty global last year mobile and that was meant to compete with b-sky- b. how does that look right now? >> europe is still very fragmented on the cable side. way to go. is a long the united states is more consolidated in the sense that there is only a few cable companies that have real skill. time warner cable is the only cable company that is not family-owned. what does that mean? it is the expression john malone can go after in conjunction with charter communications to bring that case -- that company up to scale and compete with comcast on a total number of customers bases. >> thank you. you, alex sherman. focusing on commodities -- the weather makes us do it. the coldest weather in decades. putting natural gas back in

at this moment in time, it is hard to go wrong in the cable industry. e slightly cheap, all of them. you have the precipice of a consolidation that will help everybody. as i look out five years from cable isears from now, not going away. >> how consolidated does it get? >> if you asked me years ago, i would say you're going to have two national telcos and two national cable companies. at that time, i would have thought time warner cable would have been the consolidated. beyond the time warner cable coming of cox, cablevision, and a bunch of others. >> none of those looks like a national player. ,> if you put them together cablevision, time warner cable, and charter together, you are nearing 20 million there. this will play out over years. john malone has talked about consolidation and confederation. this concept of confederation. the cable industry is unique because they don't compete with each other. they can share technology. brian roberts would like to guidee his ex one -- x1 platform and the rest of the industry would love that. to investhe resources

johnis not a story of malone riding back into the cable industry and conquering. saying look, if we are going to get something done here, we need you, so he is kind of the kingpin in all of this. >> what dates do we need to mark on the calendar. >> in the next couple of weeks, we should get a sense of if time warner is going to bump up that bid. we will see, will time warner cable come down in their asking price or are they sturdy at 150? if they are, the process will continue. charter will nominate a slate of directors and we will see what happens. >> do we have a timetable for all of this. >> from what i hear, charter will name its slate of directors a few days before february 15, so that is the general ballpark. >> duly noted. the first publisher of rolling stone magazine says there is one detail people are forgetting? >> this case goes between -- goes before the supreme court in april. if they win, and the consensus , thereing like they will goes $5 billion of new transmission fees that the cable companies are getting right now. that is going to have an impact

working together, but they have known each other a long time and have been that top guys in the cable industryor a decade. in this case, working together and showing a mutual respect, but even more than that, showing a vision that they want to make these companies larger's and against those against them. >> the smaller players they are fighting against our like netflix, right? >> right. from the consumer standpoint, what does this mean? it means if i lived in new york city or north carolina or new england and i have time warner cable, suddenly, i will have comcast, and what does that mean? they have cutting-edge technology, much closer to netflix come in that they have a sleeker user interface and better technology. it replicates more of what your online tv viewing would look like, and they have more rights to be broadcast over the internet, so where able once to go is this thing called tv anywhere, where you can watch any programming on any device you have in or out of the house, but in order to do that, you have to pay up. you have to pay the programmers a certain amount of money to get thos

industry is rapidly changing. you have tv everywhere which is a way of bypassing cable operators. ective of a dynamic going on in that industry? >> the concern about over the top was the this rated two years ago. what we see, subscribers are mostly complementary, not substituted. liz: charlie and i love to talk about the egos involved because we talk about the business of people, anybody can look at a stock chart on foxbusiness.com or market watch but let's talk about the egos. you mentioned brian roberts doesn't want to lose the leadership, sean malone of liberty, they own 27% of charter. he obviously wants to win. i just spoke to him at the consumer electronics show. he told fox business we are not for sale but always consider something when it comes to growing but they seem to be not necessarily the ultimate player. >> if you think the markets, new york city obviously would go to comcast. l.a. would go to comcast, va. comcast. everything else could go to cox. >> interesting when you talk about regulatory bigwigs come in and say you have to divest these markets so it could come o

it may be less of a competitive battle with the companies i mentioned and more so with the cable industry. how often do we talk about the frustration consumers have with the lack of change and innovation in the way you are able to watch television? these companies and the world of technology have seen a shift in the landscape in their seeing the amount of internet audio people are consuming and they're trying to position themselves as best as they can. >> in terms of what is out there, can you draw comparisons as to what this could look like? there would be live programming in addition to on demand. >> you highlight the deal that sony struck the day with intel in the same bucket. tv serviceabled paid which is relatively easy to set up for the consumer and does exactly what you would see from a traditional package allowing you to watch live programming. one key to the content players. what are they willing to provide? pricing will be very important and they will not cut deals below what they already have and they will probably say that we all have to be on board. you have to have deals wit

some say it is netflix versus the cable industry.ausetalks about hbo hbo continue to do what netflix is doing now, this idea of getting it loose of content. amazon and hulu will continue to be a part of the conversation in terms of the new media players to watch. they are spending so much to build their business around the world, you have to think about competing services in other markets. now tv in the u.k.. that is where there could be some more competitive battles in 2014. >> thank you. so what do people behind the cameras think of the netflix strategy? filmmaker ken burns says he loves the access to the content it provides, but is he happy about his films being on netflix? take a listen. ♪ my traditional platform has been, for 30 years, distribution on pbs, which reaches the largest number of eyeballs. every kid in america when i grew up had memorized the primetime schedule. now we have hundreds of choices. we cannot possibly memorize and have appointment tv. i am thrilled with the access, thrilled with the idea that i can fly ac

industry. we are c-span, created by the cable tv industry 34 years ago and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. now you can watch us in hd. >> the capitol dome is currently undergoing a two-year restoration to fix more than 1000 cracks in its cast-iron shell. the kevin hildebrand from the u.s. capitol architect's office explains what will happen during the restoration process. he spoke while giving washington area reporters a tour of the dome. this is 30 minutes. >> this circular staircase was the original way to the first capitol dome and continues to be the way we get to the walter dome. it was built in 1826. the original staircase that was here was wooden and it was removed in i want to say 1851 when there was a fire in the library of congress and for fear that the fire would spread to the wooden dome they cut it out and when walter did his changes he inserted the cast iron staircase that you see today. during the construction when they were dismantling the original stone they weigh the -- they weighed every piece as it was coming down so they could verify what the difference betwe

there c-span, created by cable tv industry and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. watch us in hd, like us on us onok, and follow twitter. >> next on c-span, a roundtable discussion in the 2014 midterm elections and the agenda this year in congress, followed by bobb on hisdavid book. then, another look at british prime minister david cameron and this year's first question time. and then testimony from state department and usaid officials. sunday roundtable including a longtime democratic party strategist and also a political commentator on cnn. welcome back to the "washington journal." with a couplein of headlines. there is this from politico this morning, tying in outgoing virginia governor bobby donald gop'sis christie, the tarnished golden boys, both republican golden boys, bob mcdonnell facing a far graver situation as he left office yesterday, and then there is this, a model search for a gop leader, the bridge scandal that has engulfed governor chris christie has also brought more destruction to the already model stages of the republican search for a 2016 nomin

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they aggressively consolidated the cable industry, thanks to the virgin acquisition, done at the lowpe last year. the sirius fully under liberty media's control the company will be able to extract as much as $5 million from sirius' balance sheet and they can use the money to make purchases. liberty media's purchase of 27% of charter communications in march. they're in talks to buy time warner cable. if charter does end up buying time warner cable then liberty's stake will be diluted. according to this investment act of 1940, the company needs to maintain a 20% stake in charter. liberty can easily do that. liberty having control of the balance sheet will make this consolidation easier. liberty could buy spotify or pandora. this deal could be still one more reason pandora flew up $3.90, besides the excellent subscriber growth. i believe liberty media is a great stock. i believe john malone is a genius. this is the guy who al gore once referred to as the darth vader of cable. i can't think of a better compliment. right now the best way to play what is happening is actually to buy sirius

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created by the cable tv industry 35 years ago and funded by her local cable or satellite provider. watch us in hd, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> at the beginning of his state of the state speech, governor chris christie said he let down his constituents and that they would fully cooperate with all investigations in what led to massive traffic jams near fort lee. you can see his entire speech at c-span.org. here's a little about what he said. week, i certainly test of this administration. mistakes were clearly made. as a result, we let down the people we were interested to serve. i know our citizens deserve better -- much better. i'm the governor. i'm ultimately responsible for all that happens on my watch, both good and bad. without a doubt, we will cooperate with all appropriate inquiries to ensure that this breach of trust does not happen again. but i also want to assure the people of new jersey today that what happened does not define us or our state. this administration and this legislature will not allow the work that needs to be done to improve the people's li

you think about the cable industry. they're not growing the sub base. but the valuation goes higher because they raise pricing. aside from the fact it was an impeccable release. they beat on the u.s. international. dvd stable. and international losses are better-than-expect better-than-expected. >> they're hinting at price increase. but the net neutrality could force them to raise prices. are they easing people into believing they're going to be rising prices ahead of that? >> all of the hysteria around the net neutrality issue and the entry into the virtual cable business with amazon or maybe verizon, is creating that, you know, weakness in netflix more recently that provides a great buying opportunity. i think people underestimate the power of google, aol, twitter, facebook, all banding together to counter that usage-based element. what i will point out is the billing exists to an egregious level in canada. and netflix has thrived in that market. >> it's josh brown. if you're reid hastings, what's the one thing that keeps you up at night? the content

cable prior to that. >> what about this industry that they can make so much money?'t we supposed to be cutting our cords and using arrow and going any way other than tethered line? >> it sounds ridiculous now. >> thank you. >> we're in this pure land grab now for this last mile. you have muffey on a few days ago, one of the questions for rutledge does he expect other players to come in? >> one being, of course, comcast, consaldation and the idea of it since we first told you about it back in june has contributed a rise in all of the stocks, time warner and comcast and the whole group up sharply because they do want -- or investors want to see consolidation. >> the last number comcast parent company of this network, showing basic cable going up again. >> i wouldn't -- i wouldn't get too excited about that. >> too excited, charter -- this thing could go out huge time warner. >> it's also trading at quite a multiple charter. >> does anybody care about service? >> is that part of -- >> i think so. >> interesting question, yeah, yeah. >> maybe they come in and do better

all we have to do is reinvent the cable industry. ike to have the rights to distribute through the internet instead of through a cable tv system like verizon and comcast. that turned out to be the challenge. it turned out to be really hard to get viacom to sign up for this kind of service because they have a great business model right now. they are charging higher prices every month. >> rather than sign up for service, they got someone to buy it. >> they look at the numbers and said this is too much for us to get into. >> when you think about what your phone is capable of, versus what your cable system is capable of, i think about my parents, for example. they kind of bypass them rock band connection. they are watching everything on their phones. this is like unlimited data. home to new hampshire and it is quite annoying because i cannot get that wireless connection. i have to do it on my phone. is that potentially the future? might people be choosing to get content through their ipad, their phone, or even their television system but

as the cable industry works together what can we do to bring new products and services to market. an see the minnow swallowing at whale. if you make a play for time warner cable come back on fox business. >> i promise i will come back if that happens. liz: the president of cox communications first on fox business exclusive. thank you very much. >> thank you, liz. liz: they wired the whole place. everybody is able to use phones and wi-fi and all that because of cox communications. david, when we come back we have two major guests, first on fox business with the biggest of the big, return ney james of -- renee james of intel. she is the president. she is the one of the most high-ranking women in silicon valley and the whole business world, frankly. they had an unbelievable rollout involving a baby last night. we can not wait to show you this. stay tuned. we heart radio, that is what a lot of customers are saying, 239 million a month tapping into that. clear channel ceo and chairman bob pittman, first on fox business. we'll see you in a minute. david: one of the coolest dudes on the p

industry. created by the cable tv industry 34 years ago and funded by your local cable and satellite provider. >> tonight on c-span, a discussion to changes in higher education options. the ceo of linkedin and twitter discuss their philosophies followed by a look at the 20th century first ladies from edith roosevelt to roslyn carter. a look next at higher education with sebastian front, founder and ceo of a for-profit educational organization offering online courses. he sat down with gavin newsom for a conversation at the annual techcrunch conference. this is just over 20 minutes. [applause] >> welcome. >> thank you. we asked a number of university presidents to come old world of the education on stage today. and they all said no. why do you think that is? is an interesting time for higher education to understand where we are going. i would love to see more experimentation, people trying new things. there is another language in the state of california that the old model is the only model out. given that it is the 21st century and a new technology, it is time to do something new. >> i serve on

we are c-span, created by the cable tv industry 35 years ago and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> next, a discussion about the future of the internet. following a federal court ruling last week that said the fcc improperly tried to regulate broadband internet providers with a net neutrality rule that tries to ensure that all content providers had equal access to internet subscribers and vice versa. this was posted by the congressional internet caucus advisory committee. it is one hour and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] welcome. thank you for coming. today's briefing is about the internet committee titled circuit court decision on fcc open internet roles is it random or is it a law. such short notice the decision came on tuesday. we've been awaiting it and wanted to do a briefing as close to the decision as possible. this is the congressional internet caucus advisory committee. we take no position on legislation or regulation but the proposition that the internet is extremely important and that we sh

the us cable tv industry may be headed for a major reorganization fourth ranked charter communications is trying to take over time warner cable which is the second biggest in the business. charter communications has sent a letter to time warner cable ceo robert mark is proposing to buy his company for thirty seven billion dollars us media reports say the deal would eventually totaled more than sixty two billion dollars since charter communications plans to soon time warner cable stats time warner cable executives say though that they aren't interested in the upper they say the proposed amount is too small. us cable tv operators are facing an imminent need for reorganization because of a sharp rise in the fees for broadcast rights. japan's largest business organization is getting a new chairman in june chairman some by a key suspect in the top of chemical fiber maker told it has been the next head of the japan business federation for cave and that he is hoping that the business community will drive japan's economic growth together with the government. leishman family of five field for o

cable tv industry may be headed for a major reorganization. fourth ranked charter communications is trying to take over time warner cable which is the second biggest in the business. charter communications has sent a letter to time warner cable ceo, robert marcus, proposing to buy his company for $37 billion. u.s. media reports say the deal would eventually total more than $62 billion. since charter communications plans to assume time warner cable's debt. time warner cable executives say, though, they aren't interested in the offer. they say the proposed amount is too small. u.s. cable tv operators are facing an imminent immediate for reorganization because of a sharp rise in the fees for broadcast rights. >>> business organization is getting a new chairman in june. he has been named next head of the japan business federation. he's hoping that the business community will try japan's economic growth together with the government. >> translator: i feel thrilled to take on this important job. there is a good mood in this country today because of ab

the way i think about the cable industry is different from most people. nk about the margins aboutss margin, i think the video gross margin as the transport charge and the content that you buy from your cable operator is just a pass-through. money that is passed along to disney, viacom, what have you. the challenge is if you start to see the charge move over to online, the value proposition radically changes. >> we will continue to get more thoughts from craig moffett, but in the meantime we want to go back to. most, switzerland. you have a lineup of guests for us this morning. who is with you now? >> we have an all-star lineup looking for an all-star in basketball. known for his ownership in the celtics, this may be one of the reasons he is up the valley in switzerland. the managing director of bain morning.oins us this why are you in. most? what is your specific to do list? a meeting place for ceos, government officials, economists. it is great for us, we try to build notices, but you have to do that in a macro environment. you learn about what is going

[applause] we're c-span, created by the cable tv industry 35 years ago, and bundled by your local cable and satellite provider. next, remarks from the american petroleum institute president. the nextutcome of election might shape energy policy in the future. this is 45 minutes. >> good afternoon. i am shelby coffey, vice chairman of the newseum. i want to welcome you all to the ninth conference at the newseum. i want to start out with one bit of audience participation. if i could have a show of hands of how many people think that jack gerard ordered out this weather to get more attention paid to his speech -- [laughter] there we go. the people that know him best are all in. i used to be the editor of the los angeles times, so i am used to seeing hollywood stars do almost anything to get your attention from sharon stone to brad pitt. i would say that mr. gerrard may have topped them all with getting the lowest temperature in 20 years here in washington just to get attention. for this. we are delighted to have the annual presentation of the state of american energy here at the newseum. i

and that's where the game is and will it continue to roil the cable industry.macare headline from target. it's cutting health care coverage for part-time workers, pushing them, effectively, into those government exchanges. read anything into this, liz? >> yeah, this is part of the growing trend of businesses basically delinking health coverage from worker pay and that's basically been an offering compensation since the 40's. target's joining trader joe's, home depot, walgreen's and basically cutting back on part-time coverage and pushing these workers onto exchanges. stuart: all right. we're not going to cover you. go elsewhere liz: that's right. stuart: get off. lose yourself. all right. back to the market. three big stocks hitting new highs, i've got them for you, google, united technologies and facebook. look at them go. actually google just down, what, just 52 cents, but 1163 on google. china's online juggernaut, that would be alibaba. the ceo says it's facing unprecedented channels when it comes to breaking into the mobile market. alibaba knows mobile is w

more consolidation in the cable industry could potentially mean a higher price for customers.egulators have actually come out on the other side and said they would approve -- or signaled that they would sign off on further consolidation. they do not compete in the same market. >> this is another world for malone. the regulators are involved because of media. is this a precursor for more activity this year? >> these companies are all under attack by the internet. i can see where they want to consolidate. regulators are saying they need to do this to survive. i think malone is a great operator. so is the guy in charge of serious. he is the one driving this. >> what are his best practices? >> number one, he is a financial engineer. he is an operator at the same time. it is hard to get both in the same person. that is why they are such a great fit. this is the team you want. >> this is a lean machine. the team at liberty media. >> they do not hold their assets for long time. there and then they are out. contrast thed you are they say -- suggesting that john malone is a financial o

when we come back, the cable industry, everyone knows how much it is changing.will find out how it benefits content creators. content is king. is the king getting crowned? ♪ >> the way we consume television. aereo gets financing to time warner subscribers. that is a lot of news. >> i am focused on what this means for content. no one is saying, must-see tv on a thursday night. they care about content they like and are willing to find it. jon erlichman is living it up in vegas and had a chance to catch up with the ceo and founder of relativity and a tough guy to get an interview with. >> what we're seeing today, probably the single greatest demand for content, a really good time to be in the content creation world between amazon google, you now have at&t and verizon, there is, from everywhere you look, whether it be traditional suppliers and over the top suppliers and digital suppliers, there is a content frenzy. >> running us now, he covers media for bloomberg news and our guest coast -- guest host. content is king. tell me exactly what that means and who specifi

bloomberg news and netflix to their computer and not have to worry about being bundled by the cable industryi suspect so. >> it does not necessarily hurt the cable operators because they still own the pipes. so, if i am getting, as i do, time warner cable, and my internet service over time warner, you say i cut the cord with time warner cable. they still have me. >> one of the things that would have to happen is there would have to be more competition to bring you broadband internet into the home. secondly, cable companies and cable content providers, which john malone is also in, would really be hurt if they did not have the bundles come aware somebody like my daughter has to buy a bundle as espn networks and everything else. you want to wage a war of attrition with john malone? >> i have, and he is still standing. it is not people waging a where -- war of attrition. it is the disruptive force of digital technology. once you have more than a couple of pipelines into the home, ubiquitous broadband internet access, once google decides to provide internet access to cities like it has done to k

. >> charter has probably the best manager in the cable industry. >> from an operational standpoint. >> you have very powerful and very willful guys. >> is part of the reason tom alone back to charter. he has a lot of faith in that company. key --the thing that that shareholders have to factor in. how much will time warner cable be after a few quarters? is >> -- >> that is their god. guy.at is their did a great job at cablevision, pushing that company up to the point where their penetration was very high. time warner cable argued that vision is not in a very good position right now. carter's argument is because he did such a good job over seven years, he hit their maximum point, their maximum penetration level and now the only place to go is flat or down. >> how long is markets going to -- >> since january 1 of this year. >> you and i sat here and talked about jamie dimon and his compensation, is it too much? rob marcus would get paid $50 million if the company sells. why don't people have an issue with that? >> i think everyone should have an issue with every change of control. if i

it is not a story of john malone writing back into the cable industry and conquering. he is coming to brian roberts and saying if we are going to get something done, we need you. brian roberts is the kingpin in all this. >> i am an investor and i am listening to this, what do i need to know about the three players? >> follow the process -- next coupleover the of weeks, we should get a sense if charger is going to bump up that bit of $132.50. time warner cable will likely mount the defense saying they have set $160. we will see if they will come down in their asking price. if they are steady in their price, the process will continue and charter will nominate a slate of directors and put it up for a vote for shareholders and we will see what happens. >> do we have a timetable? >> february 15 is the deadline for a nomination of new directors. charter will name its slate of directors a few days before area that is the general ballpark in the annual meeting is not for a few more weeks. >> thank you so much. up, another marlboro man may be dead by the cigarette industry is a

that having been said, horizontal consolidation in the cable industry seems very appealing.up against national competitors and the opportunity to consolidate, knock out costs, provide more in services because you're able to reinvest more, all of those are. >> reporter: very attractive. >> is there any product offering or offering at all that we could conceive of that would involve satellite radio as well as to the consumer? >> we have lots of ideas. none of them are ready to announce today. >> all right. greg, very much appreciate your willingness to come on. we'll be following your offer closely and whatever develops on time warning cable. greg maffei. >> sounds like there's conversations to be had later on. didn't knock down essentially the notions you raised, david. >> it will be interesting. they bought back more than half of their stock. >> i thought that was amazing. >> no company has been more aggressive in many ways than deploying capital and borrowing through the various liberty entities over this last couple of years. they have been willing to take the risk and wil

industry. created by the cable tv industry 35 years ago unfunded i are local cable or satellite provider. host: this week we want to look at the state of volunteerism in the u.s. us is wendy spencer, ceo of the corporation for national and community service, as well as elizabeth boris, founding director of the center on nonprofits and philanthropy at the urban institute in washington. wendy, what is the corporation for national and community service? guest: it's a federal agency. grant,nister a miracle senior corps grants. we engage about 5 million americans in service. host: are we a volunteering nation? guest: we are. tells us that one in four americans volunteers through an organization, even more informally. boris, 64 point 5 million americans, one in 4 -- 7.9 billion hours in 2012. what kind of volunteering are we doing? everything the map, from direct services, providing food and shelter, to mentoring children, boy scout leaders, , all acrosseaders the board. help services, community services, active civic volunteering. host: is the u.s. unique? guest: certainly in the scale of volu

>> our belief is that cable consolidation allows the cable industry to operate better and offer morers. whether it be through better sharing of technology, through providing scale to negotiate with content providers, but in addition, if you look over the last several years where charter has begun to grow and move video subscribers up from basic to expanded basic and into larger amounts of triple play, time warner cable has lost triple lay shareholders. we believe there also operational issues inside of time warner. >> we're talking to you the day quick projects subscribers to be added the same day they announced that they add in the prior quarter. the fact that netflix continues -- doesat these levels that add the urgency on to what you are doing with trying to merge the two cable operators? >> i absolutely think it does. it suggests that providing a national or more coordinated focus among cable to compete with things like netflix, in many ways there is no reason netflix should be having the success it has other than the failure of cable companies to offer tv everywhere and similar

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the cable industry is under threat by unlicensed wireless. commissioner cox, what is wrong with netflix and at&t teaming up saying, hey, we will give you a discount and you can access netflix or whatever service provider if you join at&t. what is wrong with that? guest: big-money joining hands with big money and discouraging the garage entrepreneurs, the small website operator, the small content producer. i want to go back for just a second to your playing of chairman wheeler's remarks, because they are good remarks. wise toink we are realize how difficult really this is to do. it is easier said than done. i had been in this town for 40-some years right now, and during all of that time i have seen the power of the special interests and the power of big-money proliferate. so, the folks on the other side who are against this kind of open internet have armies of fullists and wheelbarrows of money to deploy in this crusade. so, this is not something that will be politically easy for am counting on the fact for the commission to be as immune as po

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industry. we're c-span, created by the cable tv industry 35 years ago and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. you can watch us in hd. "washington journal" continues. is here to o'donnell talk about the health-care law. i want to begin with your most recent story. it will be a smaller amount. the main thing the affordable care act prevents is these enormous -- some people have million dollar debts. they are going into bankruptcy because their plans were tapped. so now it is kind of reversed. the affordable care act caps what an individual family has to pay. some of these deductibles are so large. is average family -- there often separate deductibles for prescription drugs. it could be close to $10,000 you pay out of pocket. host: before your insurance kicks in, you have to pay premiums and deductibles. guest: you have your premiums, which can be quite high. these deductibles are really high. you and i have employer provided insurance. the ayrshire dr. boll is about $1000 -- the average deductible is about $1000. we were just analyzing the healthcare.gov. that is pretty high for most