House Judiciary to Hold Media Competition Hearing Feb. 25

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The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 25 on "Competition
in the Media and Entertainment Distribution Market," according
to a posting on the House Judiciary Committee web site.

That will be the venue for the committee to talk to Comcast Chairman Brian
Roberts and NBCU President Jeff Zucker about their proposed $30 billion joint
venture, sources say.

Zucker said Thursday (Feb. 18) morning on CNBC
that he would be in Washington
for another Hill hearing next week. He and Roberts were the star witnesses at
hearings in the House and Senate two weeks ago.

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.