Cablevision's New Network DVR On Ice.(Cablevision Systems Corp.)

Multichannel News, November, 2006 by Spangler, Todd

By Todd Spangler New York -- Cablevision Systems will have to keep its planned in-network video recording system on ice -- probably for many months -- before it finds out whether it is deemed legal. The judge presiding over the copyright-infringement case against the Bethpage, N.Y.-based cable operator did not issue a ruling at a summary-judgment hearing here last week.

Eight television-content producers and distributors, including 20th Century Fox and CBS Broadcasting, are attempting to block the service's launch. A decision by Judge Denny Chin of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York about whether to rule in favor of the defendants or the plaintiffs, or to send the case to trial, could come within a few days or take up...

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