Comcast Sees Itself Surrounded by Tough Rivals (With One Exception)

This is a big week for Comcast as it seeks the government’s approval for its agreement to buy Time Warner Cable, the second-largest cable provider in the U.S. The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to hold merger hearings on Wednesday, and Comcast has just filed its application with the Federal Communications Commission.

The voluminous FCC document—whose main arguments the company also laid out in a blog post—boils down to this: Comcast competes with many, many companies, with just one notable exception. Let’s take a closer look at Comcast’s self-declared rivals (and nonrivals):