March 19, 2018
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."
July 03, 2017
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.
February 22, 2017
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.
November 04, 2016
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.
August 22, 2016
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.
July 25, 2016
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.
May 23, 2016
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.