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Warner brothers may be sold off in pieces, maybe to different companies. you would do that potentially because that way it wouldnt be an antitrust concern depending on whos the buyer. but thats an open question, a big question mark. certainly there would be other buyers out there that are interested, but at&t and time warner, they are locked in this together until that june deadline. >> hadas, have you picked up on anything during the trial where this judge may have suggested any kind of apporti...

This offer would say if there are ever disputes over prices, if a distributor thinks that time warner prices are going up too high, then they could come to the table and do kind of a blind arbitration where a neutral third party would then determine whose contract is best. now, some of the distributors dont like the way the arbitration offer is arranged. they sayhat is sort of blind. but the judge said to the executive, hey, how would you feel if we restructured this offer, would that be better ...

>> reporter: definitely. the comcast and nbc universal case was a little different because the justice department didnt sue to completely block the merger like they are in the att case. there is a settlement that judge leon, the same judge, presided over. in that case judge leon also imposed conditions because he wasnt a huge fan of the arbitration offer in that case. thats why our ears perked up yesterday when we heard him asked about the arbitration offer because of this past precedent. >> you...

Subsidiary of time warner, offer whats called an arbitration order. they said if there are disputes, a cable company could come to us and say lets sit down with a third party mediator who will decide which offer is best and thats the offer we would have to go to. it would be a binding arbitration deal. some cable distributors are not a huge fan of this offer because they say its blind. yesterday judge leon asked one of the cable distributors on the stand, he said, well, how would you feel if we ...