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Free-TV-via-web provider FilmOn X looks like it’s going to be shut down in Washington D.C and across the nation, thanks to a federal court ruling today. The granting of a preliminary injunction for plaintiffs Fox Television Stations, ABC and NBC by the D.C. District Court could also have implications for Barry…

FilmOn went live in the Pacific Northwest today, with the launch of its Seattle “antenna array”. It marks the free-TV-via-web provider’s 12th data center in the US and fourth in the region covered by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which issued a preliminary injunction (read it here) against FilmOn in December. That…

LONDON AUG 1st 2013 FILMON.COM – the world's largest provider of internet television owned by media billionaire Alki David – today announced a landmark agreement with Spanish state-broadcaster TVE to stream an international version of the channel on a global basis. The historic arrangement will see FilmOn become the…

Another month, another salvo in the on-going multi-pronged legal trench warfare between the broadcasters and FilmOn founder Alki David. This time, it's CBS who is back in court against the billionaire digital media entrepreneur. Today the network asked U.S. District Court in New York to enter an order (read it here)…

Media provocateur Alki David‘s service stopped streaming over-the-air broadcast signals in DC in May, after ABC, Fox, and NBC filed a copyright infringement suit in federal court . But now he says he’s back on in the Nation’s Capitol. He’s also returning fire with a countersuit (<a…

Looks like the streaming of network TV is about to end in Washington DC. Less than a week after ABC, NBC and Fox filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in federal court in DC against Alki David's FilmOn and his Aereokiller service, the media industry provocateur says he's pulling the broadcasters from his streaming…

ABC, NBC and Fox today filed a lawsuit against digital entrepreneur Alki David‘s FilmOn and his Aereokiller service, claiming copyright infringement. Allbritton, which owns ABC’s TV station Washington DC also is a plaintiff in the suit. Filed in Federal District Court in D.C. on David’s 45th birthday, the complaint (re…

The freewheeling head of FilmOn has to stop using names including Aereokiller and BarryDriller.com for his broadcast streaming service according a settlement overseen by U.S. District Court Judge Audrey Collins. The decision appears to end three lawsuits: Last year IAC chief Barry Diller — a major investor in Aereo — s…

Many seemed to think so today after a U.S. Appeals Court ruled that Aereo’s streaming service can stay in business while the company defends itself against a suit by broadcasters who say that it violates their copyrights. Broadcasters were among media’s big losers on Wall Street today; for example CBS was -2.2%…

UPDATE, 10:51 AM: Aereo spokesperson Virginia Lam says the company is “disappointed that the judge declined to rule on the merits on an emergency basis” but adds that it is “confident that when the merits are considered in connection with a preliminary injunction motion, Aereo will prevail.” PREVIOUS, 8:14 AM: U.S…

In a perfect world, FilmOn’s Alki David would stop fooling around with personal and corporate names and let the courts deal with serious questions instead of whether he’s done something to sully someone’s reputation or infringe on a trademark. But since we live in an imperfect world, some poor judge now may have to…