Viacom, Cablevision Settle Suit Over iPad App

MSO will continue to offer Viacom content on mobile devices

A short-run feud between Cablevision and Viacom has been resolved. Earlier today, the two companies announced that they will settle a lawsuit Viacom had filed against Cablevision over the MSO’s Optimum iPad video app.

Viacom—a company that is known to be litigious when it comes to going after perceived rights-agreement violators—alleged in its suit this past June that the Cablevision app, which enabled customers of the cable provider to stream television channels on their mobile devices, violated the firm’s licensing agreement.

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