Proposed sale LD, hasn't gone thru yet. You can voice your displeasure with the FCC, I believe is the best agency. Also, don't forget the net neutrality deal.
I have not had cable TV since the 70's, look at the money I've saved. We are able to pull in 3 broadcast market areas with over the air antennae, lucky that way. And since advent of digital there are the sub channels. For instance PBS out of St Louis has 4 sub channels with different programming. So we get about 25 channels all together although some of it is redundant. 90% of what I watch is either PBS or sports, I am an information junkie.