Media conglomerate Viacom on Thursday filed a lawsuit in Manhattan to stop Cablevision Systems from streaming its programs to the iPad tablet and other things that aren't televisions.
Seeking to put an end to the legal questions regarding its iPad streaming application, Time Warner Cable on Thursday asked a judge to rule that it has a contractual right to deliver television channels to its subscribers' electronic devices.
Time Warner, history and the momentum of technological change are in your favor. Draw a line in the sand, stick to your guns and dare the broadcast companies to sue you for your iPad TV app. Right now you're looking kind of lame.
Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against Google's video-sharing site YouTube has been dismissed by the court, ending for now an acrimonious legal battle between the companies that has been going on for more than three years.
Google may conceal YouTube users' identities when it hands a database of their viewing habits to Viacom International in response to a court order, the companies agreed Monday.
Google need not reveal its search code to Viacom, but its YouTube subsidiary must disclose a database listing who watched what video, when, and from where, a New York judge ordered Tuesday.