Cablevision has accused Viacom of threatening to impose penalties in the region of US$1 billion-plus (€800 million) for licensing its core, rather than its entire suite, of channels.
In legal documents, made public yesterday, the US cable operator said that Viacom “strong-armed Cablevision into carrying suite networks” by threatening to impose a “near US$X billion penalty” – though the precise figure is redacted.
Cablevision filed the case against Viacom in the US last month, claiming that the channel owner forces it to air less popular networks in order to carry the likes of Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central.
Viacom has defended its channel bundling practises and in a statement issued yesterday said: “This suit is nothing more than a hypocritical attempt by Cablevision to void a long term carriage deal they agreed to only two months ago.”
Report - The UI and the customer: editorialisation, personalisation and engagement digitaltveurope.com/intelligence/r…
19 January 2021 @ 15:00:02 UTC
Don't miss out on taking part in our Digital TV Europe Industry Survey 2021 - closes today!
digitaltveurope.com/intelligence/d… https://t.co/VwlfLA8gWU
19 January 2021 @ 14:26:32 UTC
Serie A launches country-by-country MENA broadcast rights tender digitaltveurope.com/2021/01/19/ser… https://t.co/qTMR8VGuia
19 January 2021 @ 14:03:55 UTC
.@ITV seeks new chair; Richard Sharp appointment confirmed at @BBC digitaltveurope.com/2021/01/19/itv… https://t.co/uJrClg84Nm
19 January 2021 @ 13:37:46 UTC
.@DisneyPlusHS at considerable lead over Netflix and local competitors in Indonesia digitaltveurope.com/2021/01/19/dis… https://t.co/sfugImHy51
19 January 2021 @ 13:04:14 UTC
