Charter Again Seeks Dismissal of Blackout-Based CFCA Complaint
El Centro, California, can't show Charter Communications' actions weren't consistent with the terms of service the city accepted as a cable subscriber, the MVPD said in a docket 18-cv-00785-AJB-PCL reply (in Pacer) in support of its motion to dismiss El…
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Centro's complaint alleging violations of the California False Claims Act (see 1805170002). The reply, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in San Diego, said El Centro also can't dispute it kept accepting Charter video service while knowing two Northwest Broadcasting local stations were blacked out, so it can allege a false claim or material representation. Charter also said its terms of service don't promise a particular channel lineup, reserving the discretion to modify channel lineups. The city's outside counsel didn't comment Thursday.