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National Post: iCraveTV shuts off webcasts ‘They’re gone’

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 29, 2000

[ Thanks to George
Mitchell
for this link. ]

“iCraveTV.com has agreed to shut down its controversial
webcasts as part of an out-of-court deal with broadcasters on both
sides of the Canada-U.S. border.”

“The two groups, which represent Canadian broadcasters such as
Global TV, CBC, CTV Inc., WIC Western International Communications
Ltd. and Rogers Broadcasting Ltd., said they reached a settlement
with William Craig, iCrave’s chief executive, to permanently
prevent the site from rebroadcasting television signals.”

“The Motion Picture Association of America also hailed the
settlement as a major victory…”

“ICraveTV.com’s rebroadcasting of U.S. television was shut down
by a federal court in Pittsburgh on Feb. 8…”

Complete
story
.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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