The FCC is soon expected to approve the Charter Communications acquisition of Time Warner Cable.
Charter said in May that it would buy Time Warner Cable in a $56 billion cash-and-stock deal that would make it the No. 2 U.S. Internet and cable company after Comcast Corp.
While such a transaction has a 180-day shot clock for the FCC to consider the deal, there is no such time limit to decide simple carriage access complaints, according to one family-owned independent national television programmer.
