Law360, New York ( December 15, 2015, 10:58 AM EST) -- Pay-television is evolving at a breathtaking pace. The change is coming not only from "disrupter" strategies like Apple TV and YouTube Red, but potentially from a slew of lawsuits challenging fundamentals of existing television distribution businesses. For example, at the same time that cable and satellite companies are moving to abandon set-top box delivery altogether and the Federal Communications Commission overhauls its failed initiative to create a retail set-top box market, subscribers are suing over alleged "tying" of premium cable service and set-top boxes.[1] Similarly, at the same time the NFL is live-streaming games on Yahoo! and NFL Sunday Ticket is being offered in multiple, standalone packages, football fans and sports bar owners are piling on renewed lawsuits attacking NFL Sunday Ticket.[2]...
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