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Comcast To Argue Against FCC Re-Imposition of Cap On Cable Operators' National Reach

April 23, 2009

Comcast won't be making its oral argument to the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C . Circuit, until Friday, but according to its brief in the case, it will tell the judges that the FCC's re-imposition of the 30% cap on one cable operators national household reach is a "speech limit" that is unconstitutional, beyond the commission's authority, arbitrary and capricious, and contrary to the DC court's own instructions.

Click here for the rest of the April 23, 2009, article in Broadcasting & Cable. 

The case is predictably being followed closely in the legal community. Click here for an analysis in Legal Times.
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