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AP Exclusive: AT&T under pressure to defy Maduro’s censors
Last April, as a military uprising roiled Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro’s socialist government ordered pay TV providers to immediately cease transmission of CNN and the BBC. DirecTV, which is wholly owned by AT&T, quickly obliged, yanking the two networks off the air as live images of military trucks running over protesters were being broadcast to the […]
AP Exclusive: AT&T under pressure to defy Maduro’s censors
Last April, as a military uprising roiled Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro’s socialist government ordered pay TV providers to immediately cease transmission of CNN and the BBC. DirecTV, which is wholly owned by AT&T, quickly obliged, yanking the two networks off the air as live images of military trucks running over protesters were being broadcast to the […]
Comcast wins appeal of FCC’s cable market-share limit
Comcast Corp., the biggest U.S. cable-television provider, won a legal victory as a court threw out a rule limiting cable companies to 30 percent of the market. The Federal Communications Commission failed to fully consider competition from companies such as DirecTV Group Inc. and Dish Network Corp., the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington said. […]
DirecTV and Charter settle lawsuit over ads
DirecTV and Charter Communications reached a settlement late Tuesday in a legal tussle over some of the satellite television company’s ads. Charter had objected in a lawsuit to DirecTV ads highlighting the cable company’s bankruptcy. Terms of the settlement are confidential, but DirecTV still can run an ad campaign about Charter’s bankruptcy “having made earlier […]
DirecTV, Charter reach settlement over ads
DirecTV and Charter Communications reached a settlement Tuesday night in a legal tussle over some of the satellite television company's ads. The two sides filed a notice of settlement Wednesday but included no details on the terms. A judge in May had ordered DirecTV to temporarily pull some of the a[...]
DirecTV, Charter reach settlement over ads
DirecTV and Charter Communications reached a settlement Tuesday night in a legal tussle over some of the satellite television company’s ads. The two sides filed a notice of settlement Wednesday but included no details on the terms. A judge in May had ordered DirecTV to temporarily pull some of the ads that highlighted St. Louis-based Charter’s bankruptcy. […]
DirecTV ordered to pull ads
A federal judge ordered DirecTV on Wednesday to pull some, but not all, of its disputed ads in response to litigation by St. Louis-based Charter Communications. Charter filed a federal lawsuit on Monday alleging that competitor DirecTV has sent mailers and run print and radio advertisements claiming Charter is in trouble because it filed for bankruptcy. Charter says the bankruptcy is simply r[...]
Judge orders DirecTV to pull some ads
A federal judge today ordered DirecTV to pull some, but not all, of its disputed ads after litigation by Charter Communications. Charter filed a federal lawsuit on Monday alleging that competitor DirecTV has sent mailers and run print and radio advertisements claiming Charter is in trouble because it filed for bankruptcy. Among the items Charter […]
Updated: Hearing delayed in Charter case
A hearing to consider Charter Communications’ request to force competitor DirecTV to pull some ads has been delayed for a day. Charter filed a federal lawsuit on Monday alleging that DirecTV has sent mailers and run print and radio advertisements claiming Charter is in trouble because it filed for bankruptcy. The suit cites, among other […]
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