ADADAltitude reached a carriage agreement with DirecTV, owned by AT&T, last month, but has not struck a deal with Dish Network or Comcast. In the meantime, Denver residents with cable through Comcast have not been able to watch the Avalanche of the NHL and the NBA’s Nuggets. The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network in the Washington area is currently not available on Dish Network. ADAD“This is a meritless lawsuit in an intensely competitive market where Comcast has no competitive regional sports network and Altitude has multiple distribution alternatives,” Comcast wrote in the statement. Altitude, along with MASN, the New England Sports Network and MSG Network, are among the independently owned regional sports networks.

Source: Washington Post November 18, 2019 17:19 UTC