Viacom Asks Federal Court to Toss $1 Billion Cablevision Suit

Similar case involving both parties was thrown out last year

Viacom is calling for a federal court to toss out Cablevision's $1 billion lawsuit alleging that the company's policy of bundling unpopular channels violates antitrust law, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The lawsuit claims that Viacom threatened to impose a 10-figure penalty if Cablevision did not license little-watched channels like Palladia, MTV Hits and VH1 Classic along with its major networks MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central. Cablevision contends that this policy sapped bandwidth it could have used for other channels, but Viacom rejects he characterization of its bundling policy as illegal and contends that Cablevision is bound by its contract.

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