But while many distributors carry Allen’s channels, two cable giants have refused. An appeals court has let his lawsuits go forward, but now the Supreme Court will weigh in and could deliver a setback. A trial court dismissed Allen’s suit three times before an appeals court, according to Comcast, wrongly let it go forward . READ MORE: Black woman uses 153-year old civil rights law to sue PNC …
While regulators continue to press TrueVisions to improve compensation to subscribers after cancelling six popular pay-TV channels, some customers have taken to an online “crowd-suing” platform in hopes of pursuing a class-action lawsuit. As of 5pm Saturday, more than 1,000 people had signed up to initiate the …
ESPN and Verizon have reached a settlement over Verizon’s plan to let customers choose channels for their bundles. ESPN and Verizon have reached a settlement, a little more than a year after the sports media giant filed a lawsuit over a plan that lets customers pick the channels they receive. Terms of the settlement, which was announced by both sides on Tuesday, were not disclosed. …
WatchMojo, one of the most viewed channels on YouTube, is striking back at Content-ID abusers. Last weekend WatchMojo’s CEO Ashkan Karbasfrooshan published a video in which he exposed some of the worst Content-ID abusers. What plays a major role here is that protesting Content-ID claims may eventually lead to copyright notices. However, WatchMojo believes that abusive rightsholders are opening …