A hearing on the carriage dispute between Cablevision...
A hearing on the carriage dispute between Cablevision and the Game Show Network (GSN) has been indefinitely delayed by an FCC administrative law judge, said an order released Tuesday. Both parties in the case requested a continuance to “consider the…
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potential impact” of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit decision in Comcast’s similar carriage case against the FCC over the Tennis Channel. Though no new hearing date for Cablevision has been set, Chief Administrative Law Judge Richard Sippell ordered both sides to provide monthly status reports. The case had been set for a July 16 hearing after a previous rescheduling to allow Comcast to be resolved (CD March 27 p12). Comcast was unanimously decided in the cable provider’s favor May 28 (CD May 29 p1), with written opinions by several of the judges that may cause both sides in Cablevision to modify their arguments or “develop an entirely new theory of the case,” said the order. Status reports in the case will be due July 1, July 31 and Sept. 3 and the Enforcement Bureau will weigh in on the case’s progress by Sept. 10.