$15.5 Million Comcast Set-Top Settlement Gets Preliminary Court Approval

September 7, 2018 |Courts

U.S. District Judge Anita Brody of Philadelphia preliminarily approved a settlement and certified the class in litigation alleging Comcast tied rental of its set-top boxes to subscribing to premium cable packages, breaking the Sherman Act and state laws, said a docket 09-md-02034-AB opinion (in Pacer) Wednesday. Comcast would pay $15.5 million.