GSN cries foul against cablevision.(NEWS & ANALYSIS)(Game Show Network)

WASHINGTON -- GSN has filed a program-carriage complaint against Cablevision Systems, saying the cable provider used its market power to favor its own affiliated networks at GSN's expense in violation of Federal Communications Commission rules.

It wants the agency to force Cablevision to carry the network on what it says are "nondiscriminatory terms and conditions" and pay a fine. FCC rules prevent multichannel video providers from discriminating against unaffiliated networks in favor of ones in which it has a financial interest.

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