Cablevision will ask FCC Administrative Law Judge Richard...
Cablevision will ask FCC Administrative Law Judge Richard Sippel to dismiss Game Show Network’s carriage complaint, Cablevision said in a status update filed Thursday (http://bit.ly/O2Ibyc). The motion for summary judgment would be based on the majority opinions in two recent…
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program carriage decisions, Comcast v. FCC and Time Warner Cable, NCTA v. FCC, both of which were decided in favor of cable companies. GSN v. Cablevision had been on hold while awaiting the resolution of those prior cases, but after the Supreme Court’s recent rejection of a cert petition from Tennis Channel asking for Comcast to be overturned, Sippel said the GSN case should start up again. Cablevision said the motion will be filed in 30 days. GSN is “evaluating the meaning and reach of the Comcast Cable action and whether the material already submitted in this proceeding or gathered through discovery will be sufficient or whether further discovery is appropriate,” the channel said in the status update. Cablevision said it reserved the right to “object to any new discovery as unjustified at this stage.” Both parties asked Sippel to set an April 7 deadline for a further status report “describing the discovery needs of the parties and proposed dates for deposing witnesses, exchanging evidence, and commencing trial."