Viamedia Ad Sales Antitrust Complaint Against Comcast Dismissed
Comcast's not reaching an interconnect agreement with advertising spot representation firm Viamedia isn't a form of anticompetitive conduct, said U.S. Circuit Judge Amy St. Eve, sitting by designation, in a U.S. District Court docket 16-cv-05486 ruling (in Pacer) in Chicago…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.
last week, agreeing with Comcast's motion for summary judgment in Viamedia's complaint. Viamedia sued in 2016, charging monopolization behavior by Comcast in markets where it operated interconnects (see 1607250037). The judge said Comcast didn't allow Viamedia access to the Chicago, Detroit and Hartford, Connecticut, interconnects, but it had no duty to deal with Viamedia and there's no evidence it was active in tying, exclusive dealing or other exclusionary conduct. Viamedia outside counsel didn't comment Tuesday.