Comcast Fires Back at beIN Emergency Appeal
The FCC Media Bureau should reject beIN Sports' emergency appeal of the bureau’s dismissal of beIN’s carriage complaint against Comcast, the MVPD said in an opposition filing posted Monday in docket 18-384 (see 1908020007). The bureau “acted well within its…
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discretion in ruling on the merits based on the written record, which beIN itself had urged the Bureau to do,” Comcast said. “It was not a close call.” BeIN's argument that the case should be referred to an administrative law judge is incorrect, Comcast said. “The Commission’s program carriage rulemaking orders vest the Bureau with discretion to dispose of cases on the pleadings,” Comcast said. The beIN application for review mischaracterizes the law and the factual record, Comcast said.