TV Channel Bundling, Advertising Inserts and Drugs
July 29, 2011
Source: The New York Law Journal. Reprinted with permission.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that consumers challenging the sale of cable and satellite television channels in bundled, multi-channel packages rather than individually did not state an antitrust claim. A district court issued an order setting forth parameters for prospective bundling and tying practices by publishers of Sunday newspaper advertising inserts.