Judge declines Comcast effort to prevent DirecTV advertisements

A federal judge has refused a Comcast effort to instantly halt DirecTV from advertising its National football league Ticket Service as "free" and offered at "no extra charge."DirecTV stated the Illinois judge refused Comcast's request a brief constraint order. The situation can continue to proceed on other motions.A week ago, Comcast prosecuted the satellite provider for false advertising, declaring its offers are an "outright lie." It stated customers needed to place fine-print disclaimers to determine the offer applied simply to new clients.But DirecTV refused it was misleading clients, and stated the concept of the advertisements were obvious."We are pleased the judge recognized Comcast's veiled make an effort to limit our capability to compete available on the market and refused the TRO," stated Jon Gieselman, senior Vice president of selling and network marketing for DirecTV. "We are pleased to do mind-to-mind with Comcast every day on whose service is superior, therefore we anticipate competing available on the market as opposed to the court docket." Contact Ted Manley at ted.manley@variety.com