DirecTV Settles U.S. Antitrust Lawsuit Over Dodgers Channel
- Agreement includes limit on sensitive information, monitoring
- Satellite-TV provider accused of being ringleader of scheme
A DIRECTV technician installs a new satellite TV dish at an apartment building in Lynwood, California, U.S., on Monday, May 5, 2014.
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DirecTV settled a U.S. antitrust lawsuit that accused the satellite-television provider of colluding with its competitors during a 2014 standoff with Time Warner Cable Inc. over a channel devoted to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
DirecTV won’t share competitively sensitive information with rivals and agreed to a compliance program to make sure it abides by the settlement, according to an agreement filed Thursday in federal court in Los Angeles.