In a contrite statement, Comcast Corp. executive vice president David Cohen is planning to apologize to a House subcommittee Tuesday afternoon for fumbling a plan that required thousands of Michigan subscribers to obtain at least one digital set-top box to view local public, educational, and government (PEG) channels.

"In retrospect, we failed to communicate adequately our goals and to work cooperatively with our local partners to produce a `win' for everyone. This is not the way we want to do business �" in Michigan or in the rest of the country �" and I want to apologize for that," Cohen is planning to say, according to a copy of his testimony obtained Monday by Multichannel News.

Cohen is scheduled to testify before the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

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