https://finance.yahoo.com/news/economist-tells-u-judge-t-185256398.html

It would also give AT&T the opportunity to coordinate with Comcast Corp (CMCSA.O), which owns NBCU, to starve cheaper online video companies of content, he said.

Shapiro is expected to be the government's last witness as it seeks to show that the proposed merger is illegal under antitrust law because it would raise pay TV costs to consumers. The government filed a lawsuit in November and is asking U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon to block the deal.