Mayor Parker leads closed-door CSN TV negotiations
Officials with the Astros, Rockets, NBC Sports Group and Suddenlink Communications met Monday with Mayor Annise Parker at her City Hall office in what was described as a positive beginning to...
View ArticleMayor Parker holds second closed-door meeting over CSN distribution
One of NBC Universal’s top distribution executives attended Mayor Annise Parker’s second closed-door meeting Wednesday on Comcast SportsNet Houston distribution and said he thought the meeting with the...
View ArticleFederal judge must rule on Astros’ request to dismiss bankruptcy case in CSN...
The Astros asked a federal bankruptcy judge Monday to dismiss an involuntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy case filed Sept. 27 against the parent company of Comcast SportsNet Houston, describing the effort by...
View ArticleAstros accuse Comcast of trying to cheat team out of share of network
The Astros on Tuesday accused Comcast of using bankruptcy proceeds as a “smokescreen” for its plans to cheat the ballclub out of its ownership share in Comcast SportsNet Houston and Comcast. The...
View ArticleCSN Houston ‘will not’ survive without bankruptcy, Comcast says
Comcast and the Astros traded tartly worded legal documents in their struggle over the future of Comcast SportsNet Houston on Tuesday, with less than two weeks to go before an Oct. 28 court hearing...
View ArticleAstros could consider alternate broadcasts
In perhaps a worst-case scenario where some deal to restructure Comcast SportsNet Houston is not reached, the Astros are prepared to investigate whether an alternate means of broadcasting games is...
View ArticleCrane calls CSNH business plan ‘a bust’
Astros owner Jim Crane said Friday the ballclub has lost tens of millions of dollars and “perhaps hundreds” of millions because of a business plan for Comcast SportsNet Houston that was based on...
View ArticleJim Crane: Astros will increase payroll despite TV woes
Astros owner Jim Crane and general manager Jeff Luhnow are adamant that the team’s lawsuit against former owner Drayton McLane and Comcast won’t interfere with their stated desire to raise payroll this...
View ArticleComcast attorneys seek expedited reorganization process in CSN Houston...
Citing concerns that the value of Comcast SportsNet Houston is declining with each day, attorneys for Comcast have asked a federal judge for a accelerated reorganization process if the judge chooses...
View ArticleJudge: Astros, Rockets and Comcast should focus more on network and less on...
In a series of blunt observations and admonitions Friday to a dozen-plus lawyers in the fractious Comcast SportsNet Houston bankruptcy case, U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes encouraged the Astros,...
View ArticleUPDATED: McLane asks federal judge to dismiss Crane lawsuit
Attorneys for former Astros owner Drayton McLane asked a federal judge Friday to dismiss a lawsuit filed by current team owner Jim Crane and, in the process, chided the Crane administration for the...
View ArticleAstros, Comcast file more arguments in CSN Houston lawsuit
Jim Crane’s Astros ownership group has asked that its lawsuit against former Astros owner Drayton McLane, Comcast and NBC Universal be moved back to state court because of, among other reasons, the...
View ArticleAstros, Rockets and Comcast sign mediation agreement
The Astros, Comcast and Rockets have agreed to allow U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes to mediate a potential resolution in the Comcast SportsNet Houston bankruptcy case. Rockets owner Leslie Alexander,...
View ArticleAstros file another appeal in CSN Houston case
The Astros are appealing a second case to U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes, this time involving the civil lawsuit filed against Comcast and former Astros owner Drayton McLane. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge...
View ArticleCrane: Judge won’t allow third delay in CSN Houston bankruptcy reorganization
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Marvin Isgur, who is presiding over the Comcast SportsNet Houston bankruptcy case, isn’t going to give the network a third strike when it comes to reorganization delays, Astros...
View ArticleThird time is no charm: Another 0.0 Astros rating on CSN Houston
For the third time in two seasons, an Astros game Wednesday on Comcast SportsNet Houston had a 0.0 Nielsen household rating. Dallas Keuchel threw a four-hit complete game to lead the Astros to an 8-1...
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