Viacom fired off a legal reply calling for a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Cablevision Systems, which sued the media company earlier this year alleging its bundling of unpopular…
Seeking a rehearing of an appellate court's decision in favor of Aereo, Fox and other broadcasters said that the startup's ability to continue offering unauthorized streams of their signals “will…
Cablevision Systems elevated Kristin Dolan, wife of president and CEO James Dolan, to Optimum Services president and announced two other senior management changes intended to "streamline"…
Most cablers have long complained about bundling, whereby owners of multiple networks give them better prices on popular nets only if they also carry the unwatched dogs. So why did Cablevision…
Cablevision's controversial lawsuit, released in full on Thursday, revealed that Viacom would have forced it pay an amount greater than its entire 2013 programming budget as a penalty for carrying…
There are two kinds of people in Hollywood: Those with leverage, and those who want leverage. Over the years, leverage has gone by very different names, ranging from the nefarious to the euphemistic…
Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman said Paramout will start to "dip its toe" in TV production as the studio plans to announce shortly a small investment in a project based on an existing film property. The…
Cablevision CEO James Dolan drew a sharp line between retail bundling of networks - what his company does - and the wholesale bundling the cabler is suing Viacom for in federal court in Manhattan.
Cablevision has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Viacom in federal court in Manhattan Tuesday claiming the media conglom illegally forced the cabler to carry and pay for 14 lesser-watched ancillary…
