Viamedia Antitrust Claims Don't Show Antitrust Injury, Comcast Says
Viamedia antitrust claims against Comcast fail to show a direct causal connection between the conduct being challenged and its alleged injury, and Viamedia hasn't suffered any antitrust injury, Comcast said in a reply (in Pacer) posted Wednesday in U.S. District…
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Court in Chicago. Comcast said Viamedia lacks standing to make tying and exclusive dealing antitrust claims on behalf of nonparties like WideOpenWest (WOW) and RCN, and Viamedia's amended complaint didn't make any allegation of injury to competition. In a statement Thursday, Viamedia said that "while there are the predictable denials, we are pleased with the number of admissions in the answer and look forward to proceeding with discovery and then on to trial.” It's suing Comcast over allegedly using its control of interconnects in certain spot cable advertising representation markets to elbow out ad services competition from Viamedia and using its interconnects control to lure away former Viamedia cable company clients such as WOW and RCN. The court in February dismissed (in Pacer) five of Viamedia's claims.