Analyze the below major merger that took place in 2015:
Charter Communications/Time Warner Cable
Comment specifically on the following:
1) The reason for the merger
2) The strategic implications to each firm
3) The socio-economic considerations considered by both firms in agreeing to consummate the deal
4) The legal framework about which the deal had to be framed
5) The impact the deal had on the markets, the economy and the industry( ies) in which the firms exist.