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Viamedia, Inc. v. Comcast Corporation et al

  1. September 08, 2020

    Comcast Turns To High Court To Thwart $160M Antitrust Trial

    Comcast has told the U.S. Supreme Court in a petition that the Seventh Circuit ignored longstanding antitrust law when it revived a $160 million lawsuit accusing the cable giant of monopolizing local advertising markets, while plaintiff Viamedia vows to fight the appeal and bring its case to trial.

  2. May 19, 2020

    Comcast To Take Viamedia's Antitrust Case To Supreme Court

    Comcast plans to ask the Supreme Court to shut down a $160 million antitrust lawsuit filed by rival Viamedia, which claims the cable giant illegally monopolized the local television advertising market.

  3. August 20, 2018

    Comcast Beats $75M Antitrust Suit Over Ad Platform

    An Illinois federal judge has handed a victory to Comcast in a $75 million suit alleging the cable giant refused to do business with advertisers unless they used the company's own advertising system, finding it wasn't anti-competitive for Comcast to refuse to do business with a smaller advertising firm.

  4. March 19, 2018

    Comcast Asks For Quick Win Over Viamedia In Antitrust Suit

    Comcast asked an Illinois federal judge for summary judgment Friday to end a $75 million antitrust lawsuit, arguing cable ad company Viamedia failed to show it had done anything except lawfully decline to do business with an advertising "middleman."

  5. July 03, 2017

    Comcast Won't Get Suit Financing, DOJ Docs In Antitrust Beef

    An Illinois federal judge has said she won't require cable ad company Viamedia Inc. to turn over to Comcast Corp. documents it provided to litigation funding firms and the U.S. Department of Justice as part of its suit over Comcast's alleged monopoly in the local television advertising market.

  6. February 22, 2017

    Comcast Cable Ad Antitrust Suit Trimmed

    An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday trimmed an antitrust suit brought against Comcast Corp., accusing it of monopolizing the $5.4 billion market for local television advertising.

  7. November 04, 2016

    Comcast Can't Duck Antitrust Suit Over Spot Ad Sales

    Comcast Corp. cannot escape a lawsuit accusing it of monopolizing the $5.4 billion market for local television, or spot, advertising, with an Illinois federal judge ruling Friday that an advertising agency that says it is being locked out of the market can proceed with its legal challenge.

  8. August 22, 2016

    Ad Sales Provider Tries To Keep Comcast Antitrust Suit Alive

    Comcast Corp. can't duck an antitrust suit accusing it of blocking competition in the $5.4 billion "spot" cable ad market, an ad sales services provider told an Illinois federal judge on Friday, arguing that the cable giant has failed "even to acknowledge" allegations of a monopoly.

  9. July 25, 2016

    Comcast Moves To Duck Antitrust Suit Over Cable Ad Sales

    Comcast Corp. asked an Illinois federal judge on Friday to toss a company's antitrust suit accusing it of blocking competition in the $5.4 billion "spot" cable ad market, arguing that the alleged harm to one company is not a function of anti-competitive practices.  

  10. May 23, 2016

    Comcast Faces Antitrust Suit In 'Spot' Cable Ad Sales Row

    Comcast Corp. was hit with an antitrust suit in Illinois federal court Monday accusing it of violating federal antitrust laws by blocking competition in the $5.4 billion "spot" cable ad market, amid a U.S. Department of Justice investigation.

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