participating on the panel today, we have jeffries blum of the general counsel of dish network, susan from the school's law and that the visiting collaborator of princeton university. we have a partner and executive director of a coalition. travis parsons, senior director, business development. silver, president and ceo of the free press. scott, a vice president and senior fellow, and technology policy institute. and susan, the vice chair of the nielsen company. thank you all for being here. >> thank you for inviting me here today. i am the senior vice president and general deputy counsel of dish network. we want to applaud these statements. government oversight of the merger of this magnitude is absolutely essential. in a forum like this, it is important to hear all voices so the right decision is made. this is the third largest pay tv provider. we provide -- offer the most hd programming, cutting edge technology, and award-winning customer service. we will focus on how the combined comcast, nbc would impact the on-line video market. this is important to the entire video distribution