Comcast trying to drive local sports network out of business, lawsuit says

Enlarge / Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets makes the game-winning shot against the Philadelphia 76ers on November 8, 2019 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. (credit: Getty Images | Bart Young )

A lawsuit filed against Comcast today accuses the cable company of using its market power to try to drive a regional sports network out of business.

The lawsuit was filed in US District Court in Colorado by Altitude Sports, a network that broadcasts games played by the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, and other local professional and college teams. Altitude has been blacked out on Comcast since August 31, as the companies haven't agreed on what price Comcast should pay to carry the network.

Filing a lawsuit is at least partly a negotiating tactic in cases like this one, but Altitude claims that this is more than a simple price dispute. Comcast is offering less than Altitude's actual costs because it wants to drive Altitude out of business and then acquire the TV rights to the Denver sports teams itself, Altitude alleges.

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