Game Show Network Opposes Cablevision Objections
Cablevision objections to some Game Show Network evidence "lack merit" and often come from "a misunderstanding of the nature of the evidence the motion seeks to exclude, as well as the rules of evidence," the network said in its opposition…
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posted Monday in docket 12-122. Cablevision earlier this month objected to some evidence and experts GSN had hoped to bring in its carriage complaint against the cable company (see 1506150013). A hearing before FCC Chief Administrative Law Judge Richard Sippel regarding GSN's complaint is scheduled to commence July 7. GSN, in its opposition to Cablevision's objection, said Sippel should rule on evidence admissibility at the hearing itself "in the context of the relevant testimony." GSN also filed a separate opposition to Cablevision's objection to work done by Hal Singer, Navigant Economics' managing director, on the profit supposedly given up by Cablevision in the retiering move. Those analyses "are based on record evidence produced by Cablevision and utilize sound and generally accepted methodologies. Contrary to Cablevision’s suggestion, Dr. Singer has not changed his opinions to avoid unhelpful evidence," GSN said.