The National Football League must pay more than $4.7 billion in class-action damages for overcharging subscribers of its “Sunday Ticket” telecasts, a California federal jury said on Thursday....more
It seems as if Netflix and Hulu are continuously pumping out new content in their endless battle to win over more monthly subscribers. However, when a third-party asserts patents covering streaming technology against both...more
In December 2020, an announcement by Warner Bros. Entertainment that appeared in both industry press and mainstream news outlets sent shockwaves through the motion picture industry. The studio's entire 2021 slate of films...more
Uniloc 2017 LLC v. Hulu, LLC, Netflix, Inc., Appeal No. 2019-1686 (Fed. Cir., July 22, 2020). Uniloc owned a patent entitled “System and Method for Adjustable Licensing of Digital Products.” In an IPR, petitioners Hulu and...more
This post is part of our ongoing series on issues that municipalities may face in 2020. Will digital streaming services such as Netflix become a source of revenue for municipalities this year? Recent legal decisions may...more
A new report out Tuesday from the Food & Drug Administration reveals that drug maker Novartis “concealed manipulated data” from the agency “while applying for approval of an extremely expensive gene therapy treatment and then...more
The dynamism of the Technology, Media and Telecoms sector is set to continue. Challengers can reach scale seemingly overnight, forcing market change at a similar speed. Established business models are upended, driving...more
In December 2016, a California federal court issued a preliminary injunction against VidAngel, Inc.’s custom-filtered video streaming service. Thursday, in Hollywood Studios v. VidAngel, Inc., a Ninth Circuit panel affirmed...more
If you are like many other Americans, then you may have “cut your Cable TV cord” and turned to streaming movies and shows through your accounts with Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO GO, SlingTV, or other video streaming tech...more
The implementation of sales tax on the thousands of services that are delivered digitally can prove vexing. Have you downloaded a book recently or sent an e-card? Is your billing address in Pennsylvania? If so, as of August...more
Video Privacy Protection Act - This article explores how personally identifiable information has been defined in leading Video Privacy Protection Act actions and looks at how concerns over the potential sensitivity of...more
In this month's newsletter we highlight some of the latest activities in the digital video space. Social media, mobile and over-the-top (OTT) viewing continue to make waves in the media landscape, creating new opportunities...more
Technology has allowed consumers to use Apps and devices to stream their favorite content at the touch of a button. The popularity of these streaming Apps and devices has raised legal issues with regard to privacy....more
Hooray for Hollywood. According to a new study by KPMG, television and movie viewers have never had it better. A report by the consulting company found that the overwhelming majority of well-known movies and television shows...more
Distribution of audiovisual content is blooming at a very fast pace, and while the consumer is still demanding for more new content, producers are struggling with this new competitive era. While appetite for content is at its...more
Internet video streaming site Hulu.com is subject to the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), 18 U.S.C. § 2710, according to a recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, marking the...more