A federal judge denied MSG’s request for a preliminary injunction against the National Hockey League Friday, leaving the Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) unit scoreless thus far in its efforts to block the league from operating the official NY Rangers’ site. (via Sports Business Journal sub. req.) MSG went to court against the NHL and its NHL Interactive Cyberenterprises (NHL ICE) Sept. 28, seeking transfer of the site nyrangers.com and a preliminary injunction to keep the league from using it. MSG alleges anticompetitive practices on the league’s part, even thought it has had a seat on the policy-setting Board of Governors all along.
But U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska U.S. District Court in Manhattan said no to the request, saying MSG’s complaint that it was being forced into a “homogeneous template” was “without support,” that the club’s claims of harms that would be sustained “are wholly irrelevant” since the Rangers’ retain control over local stories and info — and still have traffic directly to the club domain; and that “the Rangers
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