Time Warner Cable and Viacom are countersuing each other over whether Time Warner Cable has the right to live stream Viacom content to its Apple iPad app, which it released in March. In short, Time Warner Cable says the rights it already obtained from Viacom entitle it to distribute the content in this fashion. Viacom, for its part, says, no, it granted the licenses and distribution rights on a very device-specific basis. The companies turned to the U.S. District Court in New York’s southern district for relief.
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Time Warner Cable, Viacom Sue Over iPad Streaming-TV Tiff
Posted by: Erika Morphy April 9, 2011 05:00 AMTime Warner Cable and Viacom are countersuing each other over whether Time Warner Cable has the right to live stream Viacom content to its Apple iPad app, which it released in March. In short, Time Warner Cable says the rights it already obtained from Viacom entitle it to distribute the content in this fashion. Viacom, for its part, says, no, it granted the licenses and distribution rights on a very device-specific basis. The companies turned to the U.S. District Court in New York’s southern district for relief.