UPDATED: Viacom in a blog post says that carriage talks "have reached an impasse" and that it deserves higher fees, while DirecTV said the company is looking for an increase of more than 30 percent.read more full story ![]()
A NEW York judge has ruled that Viacom never proved YouTube was aware of thousands of videos Viacom said were stolen from its TV networks.
news.com.au (2 months and 2 days ago)
Cablevision sued Viacom for making it pay for low-rated cable networks in order to access to Viacom's popular channels.
cnbc.com (3 months and 21 days ago)
Filed under: Entertainment Industry, Telecommunications, Scandals and Lawsuits By Liana B. Baker (Reuters) - Cablevision Systems Corp (CVC) has accused Viacom Inc (VIA) in an antitrust lawsuit of forcing it to pay for more than a dozen low-rated cable networks in order to get access to Viacom's more popular channels such as Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central. The case...
dailyfinance.com (3 months and 21 days ago)
A Hulu sale is imminent and DirecTV is the likely victor, according to multiple unnamed sources speaking to Pando Daily. This would be possibly the best case scenario for a strong Hulu move towards original content creation. DirecTV is a behemoth with 20 million subscribers and annual revenue of roughly $20 billion. It could easily afford to launch an aggressive slate of...
yahoo.com (5 days ago)
While CBS 21's parent company said DirecTV may not carry their channels as an agreement ends Thursday with no sign of a new contract, DirecTV says the Sinclair Broadcast Group is just trying to scare people.
pennlive.com (3 months and 23 days ago)
Last week, Cablevision sued Viacom claiming that the media giant is violating antitrust laws by making Cablevision carry less-watched channels, like Teen Nick and MTV Jams, to get Viacom's more popular networks like MTV and Comedy Central.
forbes.com (3 months and 15 days ago)
No contract has been reached between CBS 21's parent company and DirecTV. The contract expires Feb. 28, and could mean no local CBS for DirecTV subscribers.
pennlive.com (3 months and 22 days ago)
(Reuters) - New York-based cable operator Cablevision Systems Corp filed an antitrust lawsuit on Tuesday alleging that Viacom Inc forced it to pay for 14 cable networks it did not want as a condition of carrying the media company's more popular channels such as Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central.
reuters.com (3 months and 22 days ago)
The Mariners announced they have formed a new regional sports network in partnership with DirecTV Sports Networks. Basically, the Mariners bought the majority stake in the current ROOT Sports network. While the Mariners own the entity, it will be operated daily by DirecTV Sports networks the minority partner under the ROOT Sports Northwest brand.As part of this new...
thenewstribune.com (2 months and 4 days ago)
In a story June 11 about the "TV Everywhere" initiative, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Comcast Corp. would be the first pay TV provider to offer its subscribers access to live TV streams of networks TBS and TNT on mobile devices outside the home. The AP's report relied on comments made by Turner Broadcasting System Inc. senior vice president Jeremy Legg at...
miamiherald.com (6 days ago)
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