From left, David Cohen, executive of Comcast, Robert Marcus, executive of Time Warner Cable, and Matthew Polka, executive of the American Cable Association, testify before the House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law on Capitol Hill, in Washington, May 8, 2014. Other cable and Internet executives registered vigorous opposition to the proposed merger on the grounds that it would hurt competition, and Comcast's $45 billion takeover of Time Warner Cable collapsed under regulatory pressure.