C-SPAN To Cover House Hearing on Comcast/NBCU

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

C-SPAN has decided to cover the Comcast/NBCU House hearing
live Thursday morning (9:30 a.m.., Feb. 4, in the Communications & Internet
Subcommittee) on its C-SPAN III channel.

According to the network, it has yet to decide whether to
cover the afternoon hearing, which includes a number of the same witnesses,
this time before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Antitrust Subcommittee.

Headlining both hearings are Comcast CEO Brian Roberts and
NBCU CEO Jeff Zucker.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.