BeIN Carriage Discrimination Complaint Groundless, Comcast Says
BeIN's carriage discrimination complaint against Comcast (see 1803160069) lacks merit, the MVPD emailed Friday. Comcast said since it became one of the first distributors to carry both beIN sports channels in 2012, it "continues to be a good partner to…
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the network" and that its carriage is consistent with that of most other MVPDs. It said the beIN complaint came in lieu of "engag[ing] in good-faith commercial negotiations for a renewal of its current agreement, which does not even expire for several months." Comcast said BeIN demanded "substantial" fee and carriage increases "that make no business sense for our company and our customers.”