Cablevision, Viacom War Could Cost a Bundle

Few visible clues to be unearthed in heavily-redacted complaint

Cablevision, which is suing Viacom for illegally bundling its networks, on Thursday released a heavily-redacted version of its complaint against the cable conglomerate, which includes the charge that Viacom threatened to impose a fine in excess of $1 billion if Cablevision didn’t carry its entire suite of networks. 

For anyone hoping to get a fly-on-the-wall perspective of how carriage negotiations are conducted, think again. Thanks to Viacom’s legal team, anything of material interest has been inked over into oblivion. 

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