October 16, 2015
Viacom settled Cablevision's antitrust suit in New York federal court that accused the media company of illegally bundling channels in connection with a 2012 carriage agreement, the companies announced Friday.
August 05, 2015
Viacom International Inc. on Tuesday defended its discovery bid for confidential programming distribution agreements between Cablevision Systems Corp. and intervening broadcasters, arguing that it needs the documents to defend itself from Cablevision's antitrust suit and won't misuse them.
July 27, 2015
A New York federal judge has approved a request by ABC Inc., CBS Corp. and other broadcast giants to intervene in an antitrust case between Cablevision Systems Corp. and Viacom International Inc., allowing the third parties to argue against disclosing confidential agreements.
July 24, 2015
ABC Inc., CBS Corp., and other broadcast giants asked a New York federal judge Thursday not to let Cablevision Systems Corp. release confidential agreements to Viacom International Inc. in their antitrust case, saying they would compromise the third parties' business secrets.
June 20, 2014
A New York federal judge on Friday denied in its entirety Viacom International Inc.'s bid to toss Cablevision Systems Corp.'s channel bundling antitrust suit over an allegedly illegal channel tying arrangement, saying Cablevision successfully stated an antitrust claim and rejecting Viacom's arguments as "insufficient."
October 08, 2013
Cablevision hit back Friday at Viacom's bid to dismiss the cable giant's channel bundling antitrust suit, arguing the content provider had misconstrued the standard of proof Cablevision must meet to make its claims stick.
August 26, 2013
Viacom argued Friday in New York district court that Cablevision shouldn't be able to get out of its contract to carry all of Viacom's channels by accusing the content provider of illegal bundling, saying the same flaws that brought down a consumer class action over the practice doomed Cablevision's suit.
May 08, 2013
Viacom International Inc. fired back Wednesday at Cablevision Systems Corp.'s antitrust allegations over bundling cable TV channels, saying that mere months ago Cablevision worked with Viacom to beat back a similar consumer class action directed at both companies.
March 07, 2013
Viacom Inc. allegedly threatened to assess more than $1 billion in fees against Cablevision Systems Corp. if the TV service provider licensed only the Viacom networks it wanted, a deal Cablevision calls "diabolical" in a redacted antitrust complaint filed Thursday in New York.
February 26, 2013
Cablevision Systems Corp. said Tuesday that it has slapped Viacom with an antitrust suit in New York federal court, accusing Viacom of unlawfully forcing Cablevision to carry networks customers don't want in order to be able to offer popular channels like MTV and Comedy Central.