The TV streaming company wants all documents, files and more regarding FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker and ivi.
Startup online cable operator ivi TV, which retransmits broadcast signals over the Internet, is continuing its battle to overturn an injunction that temporarily — it hopes — shut it down. Ivi founder-CEO Todd Weaver says he’ll continue the battle, facing “enormous” legal bills, but with the support of consumers who very early on decided ivi TV was a simple, inexpensive alternative to endlessly escalating cable bills.
Ivi TV, a provocative experiment in online TV, may be a trailblazer. But for now, it’s going down in flames. On Tuesday last week, ivi was slapped with a preliminary injunction by a federal district judge in New York and forced to cease streaming most of its TV station lineup less than a year after it launched.
Ivi TV, a provocative experiment in online TV, may be a trailblazer. But for now, it’s going down in flames. On Tuesday last week, ivi was slapped with a preliminary injunction by a federal district judge in New York and forced to cease streaming most of its TV station lineup less than a year after it launched.
“Ivi will appeal to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, will explore congressional and administrative solutions, and will continue to advance the public’s interest in a balanced reading of the copyright law,” the company said in a statement following the injunction handed down against it this week by a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
U.S. District Court Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald has granted a preliminary injunction blocking ivi TV from streaming TV station signals without consent or retrans payments.
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The “online cable system” has expanded its lineup of TV offerings to include Los Angeles stations in addition to those in New York, Los Angeles and Seattle.
In meetings this week with the FCC and Congress, the Web streamer will argue that the proposed deal will not support innovation and fairness in the marketplace.
The “online cable system” has expanded its lineup of TV offerings to include Los Angeles stations in addition to those in New York and Seattle.
