This GIF Shows How Big Comcast And Time Warner Will Be On A Map Of The US

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Last night, Comcast revealed it was going to buy Time Warner Cable for $159 per share. Comcast is the nation's largest cable and internet service provider while Time Warner Cable is its closest rival according to the latest

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This gif from Quartz shows the different regions that TWC and Comcast control:

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The dots shown in the gif are the largest groups of subscribers to each cable provider in a given location.

GigaOm writes that Time Warner and Comcast would be responsible for providing half of the country's triple-play services which includes video (streaming), voice (telephone line) and internet.

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According to the same report, both companies together would have 33 million broadband connections which brought in close to $18 billion in broadband revenue last year.