US Senate Judiciary panel sets hearing on Comcast merger

The US Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on Comcast's plan to merge with Time Warner Cable in April and another on retransmission issues in late March, the committee said. Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said the panel would meet on April 2 to discuss plans by Comcast, the No. 1 US cable operator, to buy TWC for $45.2 billion.