The Morning After: Locast's local TV streaming service loses legal protections

Locast, a company that claimed to improve access to local TV stations for people who can’t get the signal via traditional means, has been dealt a blow by a New York Court. It lost a courtroom battle with CBS, ABC, NBC and Fox, which said the company was violating copyright. Deadline reports the group’s request for summary judgment was granted, and it couldn’t use its non-profit status as a defense against further action.The nonprofit streaming service is funded in part by AT&T Inc and Dish Network Corp, and the lawsuit said the service helped AT&T and Dish avoid paying to carry broadcast content.It all echoes 2014 when broadcasters accused Aereo of copyright infringement. Aereo rented physical antennas that offered local channels and a cloud DVR service that streamed to smartphones, tablets and PCs. Broadcasters and the federal government claimed it was a violation of copyright law, as it technically rebroadcast content from the airwaves. Aereo was forced to pay broadcasters $950,000.Oh, and it’s worth noting, as the lawsuit continues, that Locast’s founder, David Goodfriend, conceived the service after Aereo was forced to close.— Mat SmithSpaceX says Amazon is trying to delay Starlink because it can't competeFights in space!PABLO COZZAGLIO via Getty ImagesYesterday, SpaceX told the FCC that Amazon is purposefully trying to delay proposals for its Starlink satellite internet service because Amazon still can't compete with its own satellite solution, Kuiper... Continue reading at 'Engadget'

[ Engadget | 2021-09-02 11:15:37 UTC ]
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ViacomCBS adds VideoAmp as Nielsen TV ratings alternative

The network aims for ‘symmetry’ by having agencies use the same tool for currency they already use for planning and optimizing. Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2021-09-28 12:45:00 UTC ]
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The Morning After: Already hyping the iPhone 14

Is this a record? No sooner has the iPhone 13 hit store shelves than the rumor mill is already up and churning about the next one. Rumors from the weekend suggest the iPhone 14 will be a “complete redesign,” but the details are thin gruel at this point. Hold not these rumors close to your chest... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2021-09-27 11:15:02 UTC ]
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Karl Ove Knausgaard's 'The Morning Star' Reaches the U.S.

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Astronauts check our scripts!’: inside the new age of sumptuous sci-fi TV

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[ The Guardian | 2021-09-23 15:57:15 UTC ]
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Troubled Nielsen to update measurements for local television

Increasingly under fire from its clients, the Nielsen company says it will soon incorporate homes that have cut the cable cord and rely on broadband in its measurement of local TV viewership Continue reading at ABC News

[ ABC News | 2021-09-21 20:37:02 UTC ]
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The Morning After: China’s tech crackdown reaches TikTok

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[ Engadget | 2021-09-21 11:15:22 UTC ]
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PRH Publisher Services to Distribute IDW Comics Internationally

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-09-20 14:29:57 UTC ]
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Piers Morgan to launch new TV show in deal with News Corp

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[ ABC News | 2021-09-17 00:42:43 UTC ]
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TV option deal for Mian's Planet Omar series

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[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-13 19:45:34 UTC ]
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TV trade group forms measurement task force amid Nielsen issues

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Jamie Oliver TV series searches for cookbook star with PMJ and Channel 4

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How 'Parent Trap''s Hayley Mills survived kid stardom, bulimia and losing her Disney money

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I did not spend my summer binge-watching TV. Here are the books I loved instead.

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When ‘Due Process’ Is Weaponized To Protect Powerful Men

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People with disabilities appear in 1% of TV ads

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[ Advertising Age | 2021-08-19 18:10:40 UTC ]
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Let’s talk about science fiction and fantasy books that would make for great TV

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Sphere lands TV presenter Sophie Morgan's 'unflinching' memoir

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[ Engadget | 2021-08-11 16:00:47 UTC ]
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Truck driver shortages, widespread port congestion, and skyrocketing container costs are among the biggest challenges facing the book industry supply chain for the rest of the year and into 2022, panelists on a July 6 BISG webinar looking at freight and shipping issues agreed. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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In Hanna Halperin’s ‘Something Wild,’ sisters try to protect their mother from domestic violence

“Something Wild” eschews literary pyrotechnics and relies instead on the power of truth. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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