December 17, 2018
The Houston Astros and Houston Rockets on Monday urged a Texas bankruptcy court to move forward with proceedings to determine the value of a 2010 contract with Comcast to televise games, the latest development in a prolonged dispute over a now-defunct regional sports network.
July 09, 2018
Comcast faced off on Friday with MLB's Houston Astros and the NBA's Rockets over the $100 million question of how to revalue a 2010 contract at the heart of a bitter feud over a defunct local sports station, after the Fifth Circuit remanded the issue to Texas bankruptcy court in May.
August 30, 2016
Fox Sports Net continued fighting to shield documents concerning contract negotiations with Houston's Astros and Rockets in a suit alleging Comcast intentionally torpedoed the value of a Houston affiliate, telling a Texas bankruptcy court Monday that Comcast "has not even bothered" to seek the information from the affiliate's trustee.
July 22, 2016
Fox Sports Net asked a Texas bankruptcy court Thursday not to make it turn over documents from contract negotiations with the MLB's Astros and NBA's Rockets in a suit alleging Comcast intentionally torpedoed the value of a Houston affiliate, saying this request is barred by an earlier court order in the larger proceeding.
March 17, 2016
Creditors of defunct Comcast SportsNet Houston will get a shot at co-founder Comcast in a $750 million suit alleging the cable giant intentionally drove the network's value into the ground, a U.S. bankruptcy judge ruled Tuesday in rejecting Comcast's bid to toss the case.
June 11, 2015
A litigation trustee for the now-defunct Houston Regional Sports Network LP on Thursday accused Comcast Corp. of intentionally driving the network's value into the ground, in a $750 million adversary suit filed Thursday in Texas bankruptcy court.
December 10, 2014
The Houston Rockets and Houston Astros will pay more than $26 million to Comcast Corp. to cover cash collateral and furniture, fixtures and equipment, the companies said Tuesday, part of a bankruptcy plan for a now-defunct Houston sports network.
November 06, 2014
Comcast Corp. agreed to drop a motion to block the implementation of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan that will give AT&T Corp. and DirecTV LLC control of a struggling Houston sports network, while still attempting to recover a $100 million loan it made to the network.
November 01, 2014
A Texas bankruptcy judge on Friday denied an emergency motion by Comcast Corp. to stay a restructuring plan giving DirecTV LLC and AT&T Inc. control of a struggling Houston sports network.
October 10, 2014
Comcast Corp. told a Texas bankruptcy judge on Friday that it intends to appeal his ruling shooting down the cable giant's bid to recover $100 million from a regional sports network the Houston Astros and Houston Rockets plan to sell to AT&T Inc. and DirecTV LLC.