US gov't sues AT&T/DirecTV, calls it "ringleader" of collusion scheme

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Date: November 2, 2016 at 2:37:14 PM EDT
> To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] US gov't sues AT&T/DirecTV, calls it "ringleader" of collusion scheme
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>
> US gov't sues AT&T/DirecTV, calls it "ringleader" of collusion scheme
>
> http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/11/us-govt-sues-attdirectv-calls-it-ringleader-of-collusion-scheme/
>
>      The Department of Justice today sued DirecTV and its owner,
>    AT&T, saying the satellite TV company colluded with
>    competitors during contentious negotiations to broadcast Los
>    Angeles Dodgers games.  Dodgers games have been blacked out in
>    much of Los Angeles because pay-TV providers have been
>    unwilling to pay the price demanded by SportsNet LA, the
>    Dodgers channel operated by the baseball franchise and Time
>    Warner Cable. But the DOJ's antitrust division placed the
>    blame for this situation on AT&T and DirecTV. In a complaint
>    filed in US District Court in California, it alleges that
>    DirecTV was a "ringleader" in a coordinated scheme with cable
>    companies Cox and Charter, according to a DOJ announcement.
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