from comcast corporation. thank you for being here.ust a friendly reminder, being a radio guy, pull the microphone close and make sure the button is lit. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. ranking member eshoo and members inviting me to discuss the work that comcast is doing to discuss consumers in cyberspace. we appreciate your interest in the issue and thell me, an engi working on cyber security and other issues every day. i serve as vice president of internet systems engineering at comcast. i'm the engineering leader in charge of the high speed internet service. i currently serve on the fcc working group on security and stability advisory committee on the broadband internet group and board member of the internet society. i am a contributor of the task force. at comcast, we take cyber security issues seriously. we know our customers are concerned about security. we strive to provide them with the best, fastest and most secure internet service possible. we engineer -- our engineering team devotes significant time, energy and invest

comcast should know -- that's a problem they can put in their system. maybe we need to get the lawyers out of the room and come up with a common sense approach. but that's the reason. all the things you listed. that's why we can't take those signatures today. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, dr. christensen. dr. amoroso, you should have seen the people shake behind you when you said get the lawyers out of the room. let's go to mr. bass. >> thank you very much. i have a couple of questions for mr. livingood. but before i ask those questions can i ask a mobile or smartphone question for dummies. why -- is there a difference in cyber security issues between an ipad or a smart device like this and a laptop or desktop computer? make it quick because i want to ask some others. >> there's probably a firewall between your pc at work or something. a wired land, so we can do more filtering and policy control. with your wireless, you go direct to us, to the isp. and we have been insented and led, you know, particularly in washington, push the p

monday night, a game at home at comcast center. we will talk about that and hear from the coaches about today's win for the terps. >> officials are trying to figure out what sparked an apartment fire in dunkdalk. flames broke out in the 500 bachus of trap road. a firefighter was trapped inside. >> i was walking back from the chimney and saw smoke coming out of the laundry room and figured the house was on fire. so i ran and got whoever out i could, knocking on doors. >> everyone including a firefighter made it out safely. the red cross is assisting the nine people this place. a violent start to the weekend as police are investigating four separate shootings in a 6-hour period. that shooting took place in the 3500 block of west belvedere avenue after 11:00 p.m. officers found the victim, a 25- year-old man, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. if he was rushed to sinai where he died. police have no arrests. we are learning more tonight about the american soldier accused them of the massacre that took the lives of 16 afghani civil

including comcast, time warner, cox, and brighthouse.e will be part of your basic cable package with comcast. i would like to acknowledge and thank our new neighbor, the leader of comcast sportsnet. for his help in this process. when you live in a neighborhood, some neighbors swap eggs for making cookies. we will be swapping television cameras with ted's group. as part of our programming mix, we will televised 850 live sporting events across our 12 campuses each year. that does not include hundreds more that we will eventually strain on our digital network. our event mix will include 34 football games, over 125 men's basketball games, over 40 women's basketball games, and another 650 olympic sports events which our conference dominates on an annual basis. in fact, the pac 12 has won several competitive championships. what is most gratifying of all, our dynamic student athletes in all sports will be given the increased national exposure they so richly deserved. speaking of athletes, we have quite a list of former pac 12 star athletes and

at comcast, we take cyber security issues seriously. we know our customers are concerned about security. we want to provide them with the best, fastest internet service as possible. our team devotes significant time, energy, an investment to update and refine our cyber security efforts. one such threat we focus on comes from a malicious software called the bot. it runs on an end user's computer without their knowledge. it can steel user names and passwords and send spam. -- steal user names and passwords and san spam. -- send spam. we developed a system called constant guard. it notifies in users of infection by sending them on alert in their web browser and provides them with tools to remove those inspections. another area of bread is to the deal -- the domain name system. it is an important and critical part of the internet. it is responsible for translating names into ip addressesconnecting and realtyts the internet. so it is extremely important. vulnerability can admit an attacker. an attacker, for example, can direct traffic to a s

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virginia plays maryland that the comcast center. there will be angry about that loss. need a win to stay alive. it will be fun at the comcast sunday.n >> fun for you. >> we will be right back. >> live scenes from henry hill, indiana. horace holmes is going to work on a story. we will have that at 11:00. bob ryan will be able to update of the severe chance of making it into our area. we can tell you what ever we out by the morning. >> you are not expecting tornadoes? >> no, not at all. we will see you back at 11:00. [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? stop paying for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for an incredible price: just $89.99 a monthnt for two years with a two-year agreement. it's an amazing deal, but it's for a limited time only. so don't wait. want to save even more? call right now and we'll add a special bonus: $300 back. unlike cable, fios delivers a 100% fiber-optic network to your home. get america's fastest, most consistent, most reliable internet, plus the best tv p

. >> it is shreveport weekend, hosted by our comcast cable partners. in the next hour, we visit louisiana's third largest city to explore connections to the past and connection to the area today. >> this base was there when the president of the united states, commander in chief, needed it. things took on a whole new degree of importance and life and death tone that day. >> at the top of the hour, a visit to barksdale air force base where we learn about the events of 9/11 as they unfolded at the place president bush was taken immediately after being told of the attacks on new york and washington. while there, we'lexplore history and current day operations of the b-52 bomber at the base where one of the largest collections of these aircraft operates from. then about 30 minutes in, we travel across town to the louisiana state museum to see a unique collection of autographs signed by some of our nation's founders and statesmen. >> my favorite is this one signed by john hancock. the one at the national archives is faded and rather difficult to see, whereas

on behalf of our sponsors, comcast, represented by linda today, i believe, and mr. chang, from comcast, on behalf of our co presenters who are in the audience and listed on the back of your program -- i will read them off to you and ask that they would stand as i read the groups of. the alpha kappa alpha sorority. we have the bayview ymca urban services program. please remain standing, if you would. we have the black women organized for political action in the crown. we have a black women's during the waters with us today. gamma phi delta sorority. the museum of the african diaspora. the national coalition of 100 black women, san francisco chapter. the it san francisco chapter of the links inc.. let us give them a round of applause. [applause] these are all code-presenters of this event. it is a portrait these organizations are here. the theme for black history this month is black women in american culture and history. all these organizations are organizations of black women who do an outstanding and amazing job. i would also like to acknowledge members of the offic

so let's say netflix is meeting with comcast, our parent company and others. they can meet, but do you believe the cable companies are listening? >> well, everyone is meeting with everyone in the industry always, i agree with you. i don't see how that would work. it's not like netflix needs additional distribution, they're aggressively marketing nationwide. on the other hand, i don't see how economics would work. so either have to give away half of that and the margin is only 11% or they have to raise prices, and we remember how that went in september. >> but wouldn't that be a beautiful thing if they can get it done? let's say they even get it done because you won't need an apple tv box or the xbox 360. just right there when you get it from the original order. if they can get it done, what would you expect that to mean for netflix sales? netflix income? what happens? >> it's a cumbersome process. if you think about it, there's one internet in the united states, but there are multiple pay tv providers. so you'll have to go and do deals with comcast who is the

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but we are excited to be hosting at comcast. we are ready to play. this will be the most challenging team we have played all year. just a tough test for us. we are looking forward to the opportunity. >> the ravens failed to reach a deal to bring back a 15-year veteran. he has a reputation for helping to bring along a young players and new players on the ravens offensive line. the ravens will have either a new player or a young player, maybe both. the orioles a 3-1 winner in spring training. >> st. patrick's day, a nice looking day. a little cloudy in the morning, sunshine in the afternoon. chance for some shower is monday afternoon. spring begins early morning tuesday. >> we got an early start on spring. thank you for joining us tonight. >> we will see you back here tomorrow night. girl: i want to tell you about my friend. his name is ben. ben learned about a homeless boy who had an infected tooth, and the boy died. that made ben really sad. he wrote a law so every kid can see a dentist. we have special dental van that goes from school to school. he

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disney, cbs and comcast all off highs. election year spending will power earnings, but how long can that last? joining us now is rbc capital markets david bang, thank you so much for joining us today. >> you're welcome. >> i see here out of a list of stocks you have cbs as the one that stands out for you. what is it doing right? >> well, we're in a really unique period in history where all the sudden companies that had a pretty good business have a fantastic business. what cbs is able to do that it hadn't been able to do in the past is charge cable operators to carry its broadcast stations. so it's getting something like ultimately a dollar subscriber for carriage on cable. and then on top of that it's very, very good at making content and selling that content into all these new digital distribution avenues like the netflix and the amazons as well as international outlets. so it's really just a golden time for these media companies. >> you know, it's interesting too because you look at the cable companies, comcast, a compa

i am the government affairs director here for san francisco's comcast. i would like to talk about the program. this is a nationwide initiative launched by comcast to help low income families all across the country. this is crucial for children to be successful. lots of people don't have internet access. 30% of the americans, they don't have internet access. they launched this program as the affordable internet access service to low income families. this will help children in school to receive a free school lunch or to receive lunches in school. i think it is important that we work in partnership with the public officials and members of the public to help those low income families to get on the right side of the issue. again, this is under $10 a month and you get high-speed internet service. you can get a low-cost computer. i just wanted to encourage you and the members of the public to help. thank you. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. i am supporting the recommendation. i guess -- i just got here about 20 minutes ago. i was t

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