Among the assertions in the complaint: "Comcast now wants to extinguish competition from Altitude so that Comcast can pocket more of the money it takes from consumers each month for sports programming in the Denver DMA. In late October, Altitude reached a deal with DIRECTV, but pacts with the other two carriers remained elusive - and a few weeks later, the channel filed a class-action lawsuit against Comcast in U.S. On August 29 of that year, after negotiations over pay rates hit an impasse, the satellite service DISH switched off Altitude, with DIRECTV and Comcast following suit on August 31. Westword's September 9, 2019, post headlined " High-Stakes Pissing Match That Could Keep Nuggets, Avs Off Your TV" outlined the basics of the beef. In the meantime, Nuggets and Avs boosters continue to be the biggest losers of all. And the Avs, also broadcast on Altitude, will have to make an extremely deep post-season run to still be active at that point. By then, the Nuggets playoff bid will almost certainly be over. In a point underscored by commentators on 104.3 The Fan last week, the conflict between Comcast and Altitude has actually dragged on longer than the COVID-19 pandemic, and while there's a glimmer of hope on the horizon tied to mediation efforts to which the parties agreed late last year, the next opportunity for a breakthrough is more than a month away - a hearing set for early June. That's because Altitude, owned by bajillionaire Stan Kroenke, whose Kroenke Sports & Entertainment empire also includes the Colorado Mammoth and the Colorado Rapids (the Super Bowl-winning Los Angeles Rams are his, too), isn't available to Comcast customers - and that's been the case since the summer of 2019.
Denver altitude series#
On April 24, the Denver Nuggets defeated the Golden State Warriors 126-121 in a nationally broadcast playoffs game, guaranteeing at least what ESPN commentator and former Duke standout Jay Williams recently referred to as a " gentleman's sweep." They're still alive, but down in the seven-game series by a 1-3 margin.īut after the win, subscribers to Comcast - the way in which most Denver-area television viewers receive their content, despite the popularity of streaming - couldn't switch over to Altitude, the cable-TV home of the Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche, to watch star Nikola Jokic and other members of the team talk about the victory.
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