Legal Opinion
Tennis Channel, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 5, 2016No. 15-1067PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, J., Circuit Judge:
This petition for review stems from a complaint filed by the Tennis Channel, Inc., alleging that Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, violated Section 616 of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. § 536, by giving preferential treatment to its affiliated networks in programming tier placement. Tennis Channel prevailed before the Federal Communications Commission, but its fortunes faltered when the court held that the Commission and Tennis Channel had failed to identify substantial evidence of unlawful discrimination based on affiliation. Comcast Cable Commc’ns v. FCC…
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