Sonyâs Hopes of Countering Netflix in Anime Market Delayed by Antitrust Probe â The Information
Seems plausible the deal won't go through.
Considering the shame that the U.S. Justice department lets through (At&T should not have been allowed to buy Warner Bros.), I don't know why they're even caring about this. Nor would I know who would have the sway to even get them to look into this. Hell, I don't even think the people who brought this up would even know what anime is. Can you imagine the conversation?
People: "Hey, At&T is planning to buy Warner Bros and get a near monopoly on cable and entertainment... shouldn't we know, stop them?"
Justice Department: "Nah it's good".
People: "Hey, Sony's planning to buy Crunchyroll from AT&T. That's cool, maybe now I don't have to have two subs"
Justice Department: "I don't know the words coming out of your mouth, but we have to stop them!'
P.S. I'm just guessing the AT&T Merger would have been reviewed by the Justice Department.