A choose just lately granted CBS a short lived restraining order to CBS, blocking Sony from having the ability to take over distribution of the long-lasting syndicated sport reveals Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune.
What’s the concern between Sony and CBS?
The choice got here on Thursday, when Los Angeles Superior Court docket Choose Kevin C. Brazile gave CBS an order that stops Sony Footage Tv from assuming distribution of each reveals. Sony stated earlier this week that it might start doing so after it claims CBS breached a long-standing contract between the 2, which prompted CBS to file for a restraining order.
In an announcement on the information, CBS stated that it’s glad the restraining order was given, and that for now, it’s going to proceed to deal with the distribution of episodes to native tv stations.
“We’re happy the courtroom issued a short lived restraining order in opposition to Sony’s illegal actions,” stated a spokesperson for CBS Media Ventures, the corporate’s syndication arm (by way of The Hollywood Reporter). “We’ll proceed to seamlessly distribute Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! to our station shoppers like we’ve got for over 40 years.”
In response to the choice, Sony stated that it believes it did all the pieces lawfully, and that regardless of the restraining order, implied that the corporate will proceed to try to litigate the problem, earlier than noting that this isn’t a last choice in any means.
The corporate stated it “believes it has lawfully terminated the distribution agreements with CBS for the reveals and accordingly assumed all world distribution capabilities. Right now the courtroom has instructed SPT to briefly stop taking up the distribution of the reveals till the Court docket can additional hear from the events on this concern within the close to future. To be clear, the Court docket’s order has no bearing on, and isn’t indicative of, the eventual end result of the continuing litigation.”
Sony and CBS’ authorized concern stem again to October 2024, when Sony sued CBS for breach of contract, after claiming that CBS was purposely and “egregiously undercutting the worth and profitability of those reveals in favor of its personal self-interest,” to which CBS countersued in November, saying that Sony was merely making an attempt to make use of the courtroom system to try to get out of its contract and get again rights.