. >> max wolff, thank you for joining us. "house of cards" is back. yay! i could not stay up until the night to watch it, but i will watch it this weekend and binge watching. we will talk more about how the netflix series has a high risk profile fans in washington coming up. ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." i am emily chang. the time warner cable and comcast have raised a lot of questions about media companies and the ability to negotiate higher fees. the leader of lifestyle television home to popular networks like hgtv reported earnings today. jon erlichman has more from l.a. >> there was this immediate reaction. what does this mean for time warner cable on comcast getting together? a lot of the bigger players seem to be feeling ok about everything. ken lowe joins us now. i would love to get your take as an observer of everything going on on those two companies getting together outside of what it ultimately means for your business. >> good day. it is always a pleasure to be with you. yes, you're right. our industry always seems to have something int

. >> zt wells chief economist max wolff, thank you for joining us on "bloomberg west."house of cards" is back. yay! >> i don't know. >> i will be watching this weekend and binge watching, i'm sure. more about how the netflix series has some high-profile fans in washington. ♪ ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. the time warner and comcast deal has raised a lot of questions. the leader of lifestyle television, home to popular cable networks like hg tv and the food network reported earnings today. jon erlichman has more from l.a. >> i think you are right about that area there was an immediate reaction, what does this mean for the media companies. the bigger players with the biggest brands seem to be feeling ok about everything. ken lowe joins us now. i would love to get your take as the observer of everything going on on those two companies getting together, outside of what it ultimately means for your business. it's always a pleasure to be with you. you are right. our industry always seems to have something interesting going on in the distribution land