Comcast Pleased With Round One

Following two congressional hearings Thursday on Comcast's proposed acquisition of NBC Universal, Comcast Executive Vice President David L. Cohen said in a blog post Friday that "we feel that we took an important step forward" in the firms' efforts to gain approval of their deal from federal regulators. In his blog post, Cohen offered a point-by-point recap of the hearings, saying that "we think that Brian [Roberts] and Jeff [Zucker] were able to articulate why this transaction is pro-consumer and strongly in the public interest."