Legal
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Netflix’s ‘Barbarians,’ ‘Emily in Paris’ Top TV Time Charts
Netflix’s “Barbarians” was the top rising show and the service’s “Emily in Paris” the top binge on the TV Time charts for the week ended Oct. 25. “Barbarians” debuted on Netflix Oct. 23. The German TV series is about the build to the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in ancient Germania during the Roman invasion. “Emily in Paris,” … Continue reading “Netflix’s ‘Barbarians,’ ‘Emily in Paris’ Top TV Time Charts”
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T-Mobile Launches TVision Live Streaming Service
T-Mobile is targeting cord cutters with TVision, a new live streaming service starting at $10 a month and launching Nov. 1. “With TVision, you can cut the cord, cut the cost and cut the crap,” said Dow Draper, T-Mobile EVP of emerging products, who announced the move in a webcast. TVision Live includes live news, … Continue reading “T-Mobile Launches TVision Live Streaming Service”
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Apple TV+ Bowing 72-Hours of Exclusive ‘Charlie Brown’ Holiday Specials; Social Media Not Happy
Apple TV+ is set to stream 72 hours of classic Charlie Brown-themed animated holiday specials, including favorites, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” and “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” for free beginning Oct. 30. This is the first year the venerable holiday classics will not air on broadcast television — a reality that didn’t sit well … Continue reading “Apple TV+ Bowing 72-Hours of Exclusive ‘Charlie Brown’ Holiday Specials; Social Media Not Happy”
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Quibi Shutting Down Six Months After Launching
Quibi, the short-form subscription video service launched in April by DreamWorks Animation founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and eBay founder Meg Whitman, is ceasing operations. Katzenberg informed investors Oct. 21 about the shutdown, according to The Wall Street Journal, which cited people familiar with the situation. Later that day, after the Wall Street Journal report, Quibi confirmed … Continue reading “Quibi Shutting Down Six Months After Launching”
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Roku Beats $41 Million Patent Infringement Case
A Texas jury Oct. 14 denied a $41 million patent infringement claim against Roku by MV3 Partners LLC that alleged the Los Gatos, Calif.-based manufacturer of streaming media devices and Internet-connected televisions violated its technology patents. The seven-person jury in the Federal District Court for the Western District of Texas in Waco deliberated five hours … Continue reading “Roku Beats $41 Million Patent Infringement Case”
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Federal Government Appeals TikTok Ban Injunction
The Justice Department Oct. 8 filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, saying the preliminary injunction issued last month delaying a ban of Chinese-owned social media video app TikTok should be lifted. The injunction issued Sept. 27 by Judge Carl Nichols in the U.S. District Court for the District … Continue reading “Federal Government Appeals TikTok Ban Injunction”
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Netflix Wins Legal Battle to Stream Limited Series on ‘Bad Boy’ Indian Billionaires
Netflix India has won a legal battle to begin streaming the limited series “Bad Boy Billionaires: India,” a program depicting separate Indian tycoons convicted on charges of corruption and fraud. An Indian court ruled that episodes in the series involving beer tycoon Vijay Mallya, jeweler Nirav Modi and financier Subrata Roy could stream. A separate … Continue reading “Netflix Wins Legal Battle to Stream Limited Series on ‘Bad Boy’ Indian Billionaires”
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Tyler County, Texas, D.A. Doubles Down on Netflix Indictment Over ‘Cuties’ Movie
With news spreading about a Texas grand jury indicting Netflix for allegedly promoting “lewd visual material” of a child in the French-language movie, Cuties, the district attorney of Tyler County is doubling down on the criminal charge. A summons was served on Netflix’s corporate headquarters by Texas Rangers on Oct. 1. Conviction on the felony … Continue reading “Tyler County, Texas, D.A. Doubles Down on Netflix Indictment Over ‘Cuties’ Movie”
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Netflix Indicted by Texas Grand Jury for ‘Cuties’ Movie
A Texas grand jury has indicted Netflix on a single felony charge: “promotion of lewd visual material depicting a child” regarding the French-language coming-of-age movie Cuties. The movie, about an 11-year-old girl from Senegal who joins a dance troupe to escape an overbearing mother, has generated a firestorm of controversy for the SVOD pioneer regarding … Continue reading “Netflix Indicted by Texas Grand Jury for ‘Cuties’ Movie”
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Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s TikTok Ban in the U.S.
With President Trump’s Aug. 6 executive order banning social media video app TikTok in the United States set to go into effect Sept. 27, a federal court judge in Washington D.C. has reportedly approved a preliminary injunction blocking the order. Chinese-based TikTok owner ByteDance Sept. 23 filed for an expedited preliminary injunction against Trump’s executive … Continue reading “Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s TikTok Ban in the U.S.”
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TikTok Owner Seeks Injunction Stopping App Ban in the U.S.
ByteDance, the Chinese owner of social video platform TikTok, has filed for a preliminary injunction against the Trump Administration’s executive order banning U.S. access to the app, effective on Sept. 27. About 100 million Americans use TikTok on a monthly basis. The request, filed Sept. 23 in the District Court for the District of Columbia, … Continue reading “TikTok Owner Seeks Injunction Stopping App Ban in the U.S.”
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Al Jazeera’s U.S. News Service ‘AJ+’ Ordered to Register as Foreign Agent by DOJ
Al Jazeera+, the English-language online news service of Qatar-based news organization Al Jazeera, has been ordered by the Justice Department to register as a foreign agent operating in the United States. In a Sept. 14 letter from the DOJ, the government says AJ+ should be subject to the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), claiming the … Continue reading “Al Jazeera’s U.S. News Service ‘AJ+’ Ordered to Register as Foreign Agent by DOJ”