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NFL Network Files Carriage Complaint against Comcast

NFL says cable operator kept network out of reach by putting it on premium tier

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 5/6/2008

The NFL's complaint is essentially two-fold. It told the FCC that the cable operator had discriminated against the channel by putting it on a premium digital sports tier for which customers must pay, while carrying its own sports channels on the more widely viewed analog basic tier that costs no extra.

NFL says Comcast, the nation's largest cable operator, also dropped the network from its digital basic tier after the league decided not to sell a package of eight regular season games to Comcast (it decided to keep the games and put them on the NFL Net to make that channel more attractive).

"NFL Network’s television ratings and average viewership exceed those of more widely distributed Comcast-owned national sports networks," said the channel in a statement announcing the filing. "This discriminatory treatment of NFL Network is a violation of the 1992 Cable Act.

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