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And were not a part of the sale to disney. all of a sudden, there could be comcast to mark this time, offering a bid that could -- may be a lot higher. you have to entertain that. its not a no mysterious reaction in the stocks today. disney and comcast falling on the belief they have to pony up more dough. this could get obscene, right? >> yeah. this -- get everyone started. theres a lot of room to play now. youre looking at disney that was looking at a $52 billion stock bid. and now with comcas...

Hulu, amazon have just dwarfed in size. look at these guys. >> its true. im surprised to see this decision. imxcited to read what will be a lengthy -- >> neil: you thought the judge would slap it down? >> i thought he would make it conditional. well see the decision. this judge writes 200-page decisions. he was the judge in charge of deciding the fate of the comcast nbc mger in 2011. the conditions for that merger like you couldnt price gouge. they couldnt separate out content? and then there wa...

There could be others involved. the devil is in the detail of those conditions if there are conditions. those conditions, neil, could make an approved deal be in reality an unapproved deal. what do i mean by that? if the judge applies enough conditions to make this very onerous on at&t to leverage the time-warner assets so they cant make money, well, thats not good for this deal. youll see it in the stock price. if the deal gets approved -- for the average person, if you own stocks, yes, that i ...

Get content players. >> neil: i can see your point. if you control the piping, if youre at&t, you own directv and you own the means and the stuff to put on them, the fear is youll get preferentl treatment to yourstuff. charlie touched on it with coast, that they didnt play fair. they have since tried to address that. is that your fear here? >> yes. and i know senator richard blumenthal from connecticut is pushing spa more investigation into the comcast and the nbc merger. thats something that we...

Monopolies as the government was trying to argue? the judge did not buy that argument. he said essentially this. technology -- we have to read the decision. if he approves, hes saying this. technology is such that they dont have the pricing power that they used to. you have other options out there. ill tell you, neil, we have to see the conditions of this thing. if theres no conditions, tomorrow will be a wild day for deal making. it starts -- >> neil: judge has approved the merger of at&t and t...