Peter Loge
09-21-2007, 04:54 AM
From Broadcasting & Cable (it quickly become obvious which trade I read first -- next week I may read Variety first, just to mix things up) a class action suit against cable channel bundling.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6480423.html?display=Breaking+News&referral=SUPP&nid=2228
"In a suit filed by veteran antitrust attorney Maxwell Blecher on behalf of 14 cable and satellite subscribers from a variety of cities, the plaintiffs asked the court to enjoin the companies from "unlawfully bundling expanded basic-cable channels and ordering defendant cable providers and direct-broadcast satellite providers to notify their subscribers that they each can purchase 'a la carte' (separately) except for 'basic cable.'"
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6480423.html?display=Breaking+News&referral=SUPP&nid=2228
"In a suit filed by veteran antitrust attorney Maxwell Blecher on behalf of 14 cable and satellite subscribers from a variety of cities, the plaintiffs asked the court to enjoin the companies from "unlawfully bundling expanded basic-cable channels and ordering defendant cable providers and direct-broadcast satellite providers to notify their subscribers that they each can purchase 'a la carte' (separately) except for 'basic cable.'"