Monday, January 10, 2011

Programmers Signal Resistance to Streaming

With the caveat that enough revenue would fix any potential problems content owners have with Comcast’s streaming of video content to iPads and other tablets precipitated a flurry of legal correspondence in the first week of January 2011, as several cable network groups made it clear that they had not signed off on any such arrangement, Mediaweek reports.

The initial warning shots took the form of reminders that such distribution is not authorized by existing affiliate agreements, but apparently stopped short of threatening immediate legal action.

It is easy to imagine further conflict between rights holders and operators. There's just too much money at stake.

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