BeIN Again Brings Carriage Complaint Against Comcast

BeIN Sports is again bringing a carriage complaint against Comcast to the FCC Media Bureau. The bureau dismissed a similar complaint in August (see 1808030038). The redacted amended complaint posted Wednesday in docket 12-1 includes an allegation Comcast unlawfully refused to deal with beIN and asks the bureau to convene a status conference about the necessity for an amended complaint. BeIN now said Comcast favoritism of its NBC Sports and NBC Universo resulted in the company and beIN not reaching a carriage renewal agreement last year and beIN channels with similar soccer and sports programming being removed from Comcast's lineup. Comcast didn't comment.