Nearly six months have passed without Avalanche or Nuggets programming on Comcast with no apparent end to the bitter dispute. As for hope local games might return with the playoffs fast approaching?
Don’t count on it.
An analysis of the latest court filings from Altitude’s federal antitrust lawsuit — alleging a Comcast plan to monopolize sports programming in the region — illustrates the regional sports network’s slow-moving legal strategy. The cable giant, meanwhile, seems intent on halting requests to produce evidence in its aim to dismiss the case.
The first pretrial conference for Altitude v. Comcast is currently scheduled for May 3, 2021, per online court records, placing the Nuggets, Avalanche and Rapids in jeopardy of a continued Comcast blackout well into 2021.