Charter Brings Amended Complaint Against City in Blackout Dispute
With El Centro's new citation against Charter Communications alleging other violations of California state law and the city issuing notices seeking payment of penalties, Charter Thursday in U.S. District Court in San Diego filed a docket 18-cv-00679-AJB-PCL first amended complaint…
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(in Pacer). The company said California's Digital Infrastructure & Video Competition Act (DIVCA) pre-empts all the city code provisions on which the original citations are based and lays out notice requirements El Centro didn't meet when it issued the new citation. The amended suit asks for a declaration that DIVCA pre-empts the city code provisions that are the basis of the citations and an injunction preventing the city from trying to enforce its pre-empted municipal code violations. El Centro didn't comment Friday. The operator sued El Centro in April for allegedly meddling in the MVPD's carriage dispute with Northwest Broadcasting (see 1804060003) and the municipality is suing Charter under the California False Claims Act for removing Northwest affiliates from its channel lineup without then reimbursing the city, a subscriber (see 1804260003).