GSN Wins Right to Depose AMC CEO
The Game Show Network has the right to depose AMC Network CEO Josh Sapan for its carriage complaint proceeding against Cablevision, said an order from FCC Chief Administrative Law Judge Richard Sippel posted in docket 12-122 Wednesday. AMC was a…
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division of Cablevision when it shifted GSN to its sports tier, the move that lies at the center of GSN’s complaint. GSN needs to depose Sapan to gather evidence on Cablevision’s programming practices, so it can pursue its charge that it was discriminated against by the cable provider, the order said. Though Cablevision argued that Sapan had no new info to contribute to the case, Sippel said blocking his discovery would risk leaving the case with an incomplete record.