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Comcast Wins Delay Of FCC Order To Carry Tennis Channel

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday August 24, 2012 @ 3:16pm PDTTags: Comcast, Tennis Channel

Comcast vs Tennis ChannelComcast vs Tennis ChannelComcast has won a reprieve of the FCC’s order for the cable operator to make the Tennis Channel available to more of its subscribers, the LA Times reports. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today granted Comcast a stay of the FCC’s order. Comcast hopes to overturn the FCC ruling and avoid having to make Tennis Channel available to the same number of subscribers as the Golf Channel and NBC Sports Network, which Comcast owns. FCC rules prohibit cable operators who own programming from discriminating against competitors’ programming. The Tennis Channel expressed confidence the court ultimately will agree with the FCC’s decision. Comcast had begun preparing its cable systems to comply with the FCC’s order but now can mark time until the court rules on the cable giant’s appeal.

Related: FCC Sides With Tennis Channel In Discrimination Case Vs Comcast

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Comcast Asks FCC To Stay Its Decision In Tennis Channel Ruling: LAT

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday July 30, 2012 @ 9:15pm PDTTags: Comcast, FCC, Tennis Channel

Comcast filed its petition today, the first step in what is expected to be a lengthy appeals process in a discrimination case, the Los Angeles Times reports. It comes nearly a week after the Federal … Read More »

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FCC Sides With Tennis Channel In Discrimination Case Vs Comcast

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Tuesday July 24, 2012 @ 3:31pm PDTTags: Comcast, FCC, Tennis Channel

Regulators were split in the potentially important ruling, but still found that Comcast hurt Tennis Channel’s ability to compete by favoring two similar services that the cable company owns: Golf Channel and Versus (now known as the NBC Sports … Read More »

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FCC Bureau Says Comcast Should Expand Tennis Channel Carriage “Immediately”

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Thursday January 26, 2012 @ 1:23pm PSTTags: Comcast, FCC, Tennis Channel

The recommendation from the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau to the commission itself was part of the intense legal volleying this week in the Tennis Channel’s discrimination case against Comcast. Commission staffers said that they were simply going along with an Administrative Law … Read More »

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FCC Law Judge Says Comcast Abused Its Power By Charging For Tennis Channel

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Tuesday December 20, 2011 @ 2:15pm PSTTags: Comcast, FCC, Tennis Channel

FCC Administrative Law Judge Richard Sippel stood up for the little guy in an initial ruling on Tennis Channel’s discrimination complaint against Comcast. The judge ordered Comcast to pay a $375,000 fine and boost Tennis’ distribution after concluding that the … Read More »

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