Altitude Sports & Entertainment Files Antitrust Lawsuit Agai

原标题：Altitude Sports & Entertainment Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Comcast高空体育娱乐公司对康卡斯特提起反垄断诉讼 来源：腾讯自选股综合

DENVER, Nov. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Altitude Sports & Entertainment ("Altitude"), the official television network of the Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche, filed a complaint today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against Comcast Corporation and Comcast Cable Communications, LLC alleging that Comcast is illegally using its monopoly power in the Denver region to drive Altitude out of business, take over its license to air Nuggets and Avalanche games, and overcharge customers. The Denver region includes Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, and seven other states.

Comcast, which reaches more than 50 percent of the television-watching homes in the Denver region, carried the Altitude network until August 31, 2019, when Comcast blacked out the network after Altitude refused to concede to predatory demands. Despite blocking their customers from watching Nuggets and Avalanche games, Comcast has continued to charge Denver-region families significant "Regional Sports" fees to provide them that coverage.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser recently announced that he is investigating Comcast's practice of charging its customers to watch games that Comcast is not actually showing. Based in Denver, Altitude and its parent, Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, employ a few thousand people across the Denver region.

Altitude's complaint explains that Comcast has insisted on paying unjustifiably below-market fees to Altitude while unfairly charging Denver-region families to watch Altitude. Comcast has even demanded price increases to customers who want to watch Altitude, requiring Denver-region families to buy special premium packages that would mean many Denver-region families could not afford to watch their teams.

"Denver region sports fans deserve to watch their teams at a fair price and Altitude deserves fair and reasonable fees," said Altitude President Matt Hutchings. "If Comcast has its way, Comcast customers will have to pay much more money to watch our games and many will not be able to afford it."

The complaint states that Comcast's goal is to drive Altitude out of business by driving down its revenue below its costs. Comcast would then be free to install its own regional sports network to take over from Altitude and pocket the Regional Sports fees Comcast charges its customers.

"This complaint alleges textbook anticompetitive conduct," said William Isaacson, Altitude's outside counsel at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP. "This lawsuit aims to stop Comcast from abusing its monopoly power to impose terms on Altitude to drive it out of business and prey on Denver-regionfamilies."

The complaint can be found here.

About Altitude Sports & Entertainment

Altitude Sports is the official television network of the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Mammoth and the Colorado Rapids. Altitude Sports was started with one goal in mind: give fans living in Nuggets, Avalanche, Rapids, and Mammoth territory the ability to watch every single regular-season and playoff game of their favorite teams in high definition format and 5.1-channel surround sound (NBA and NHL territory restrictions apply).

In addition, through its broadcast agreements with select conferences, Altitude Sports broadcasts the Denver Outlaws, University of Denver sports (including hockey, basketball, soccer, volleyball, gymnastics, and lacrosse), University of Colorado and Air Force Academy weekly shows, and the CHSAA High School Football Game of the Week, as well as other local and regional sports, entertainment, and public service programming.

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丹佛，2019年11月18日/美通社/--丹佛掘金和科罗拉多雪崩的官方电视网高空体育娱乐(“高空”)今天在美国科罗拉多州地区法院对康卡斯特公司和康卡斯特有线通信公司提起诉讼，指控康卡斯特非法利用其在丹佛地区的垄断权力将高空公司驱逐出业务，接管其空中掘金和雪崩游戏的许可证，并向客户滥收费用。丹佛地区包括科罗拉多州、内布拉斯加州、怀俄明州和其他七个州。

康卡斯特覆盖了丹佛地区超过50%的电视观看家庭，直到2019年8月31日，在海拔拒绝向掠夺性要求让步后，康卡斯特关闭了该网络。尽管阻止他们的客户观看掘金和雪崩比赛，康卡斯特继续向丹佛地区的家庭收取巨额的“区域体育”费用，为他们提供这种覆盖。

科罗拉多州总检察长菲尔·韦瑟(Phil Weiser)最近宣布，他正在调查康卡斯特向其客户收取观看康卡斯特实际上没有播放的比赛的费用的做法。总部设在丹佛的Altitude及其母公司Kroenke Sports&Entertainment在丹佛地区雇佣了数千名员工。

Altitude的投诉解释说，康卡斯特坚持以低于市场的价格支付高空费用，，同时不公平地向丹佛地区的家庭收取观看高空的费用。康卡斯特甚至要求想观看海拔高度的客户提高价格，要求丹佛地区的家庭购买特殊的高级套餐，这意味着许多丹佛地区的家庭无法负担观看他们的球队。

“丹佛地区的体育爱好者应该以公平的价格观看他们的球队，而海拔高度应该获得公平和合理的费用，”Altitude总裁马特·哈钦斯(Matt Hutchings)说。“如果康卡斯特如愿以偿，康卡斯特的客户将不得不支付更多的钱来观看我们的比赛，许多人将负担不起。”

起诉书称，康卡斯特的目标是将收入压低至低于成本的水平，从而将企业排挤出去。然后，康卡斯特可以自由安装自己的区域体育网络，从高空接管，并将康卡斯特向客户收取的区域体育费用收入囊中。

“这项投诉指控教科书上的反竞争行为，”Boies Schiller Flexner LLP的Altitude外部法律顾问威廉·艾萨克森(William Isaacson)说。“这起诉讼旨在阻止康卡斯特滥用其垄断权力，对海拔施加条款，迫使其退出业务，并掠夺丹佛地区的家庭。”

投诉可以在这里找到。

关于高原运动和娱乐

高原体育是丹佛掘金，科罗拉多雪崩，科罗拉多猛犸象和科罗拉多急流的官方电视网。高空体育一开始只有一个目标：让居住在掘金、雪崩、急流和猛犸象地区的球迷能够观看他们最喜欢的球队的每一场常规赛和季后赛比赛，采用高清格式和5.1声道环绕立体声(适用于NBA和NHL地区限制)。

此外，通过其与部分会议的广播协议，Altitude Sports播出了丹佛不法之徒、丹佛大学体育(包括曲棍球、篮球、足球、排球、体操和长曲棍球)、科罗拉多大学和空军学院每周节目、CHSAA高中足球比赛周以及其他地方和地区体育、娱乐和公共服务节目。

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