April 26, 2021
A Maine federal judge permanently blocked a contentious state law requiring cable providers to sell service for channels individually, rather than all-or-nothing bundles, after the industry prevailed in the First Circuit on free speech grounds.
January 23, 2020
Maine wants the First Circuit to give it the go-ahead to start enforcing its new law that would allow customers to buy channels individually without being locked into a specific cable package, after a federal judge blocked it from taking effect.
January 02, 2020
A Maine federal judge has halted a new law that would allow customers to buy cable channels individually without being locked into a specific programming package.
October 10, 2019
Fifteen Maine towns slipped out of a suit Thursday brought by Disney, Fox and other big broadcasters challenging a new law that would allow customers to buy channels individually without being locked in to a specific cable package.
September 11, 2019
A coalition of broadcasters — including Comcast, Disney and Fox — asked a Maine federal court Wednesday for a quick hearing in its suit against state officials and 15 municipalities, which seeks to block a new law allowing customers to pick and buy channels individually instead of purchasing an entire cable package.