Refiling Deadline Set in $20 Billion Programming Discrimination Suit Against Comcast, TWC
U.S. District Court Judge Terry Hatter set a Sept. 21 deadline for the National Association of African American Owned Media and Entertainment Studios Networks to amend and refile their $20 billion lawsuit against Comcast, Time Warner Cable and an array…
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of civil rights organizations and individuals. Hatter dismissed the suit without prejudice earlier this month (see 1508100017) and notice of the refiling deadline was posted Wednesday. Entertainment Studios and NAAAOM are pursuing a separate, similar $10 billion complaint -- claiming racial discrimination in program carriage and contracting decisions -- against DirecTV and its now-parent company AT&T (see 1508110012).