Cablevision Loses Remote DVR Case

By Geoff Duncan
March 23, 2007

Hollywood studios and television networks have won a court battle blocking a network-based DVR system planned by Cablevision...though the company plans to appeal.

New York-based cable operator Cablevision has lost a court battle which pitted the company against Hollywood studios and television networks over its proposed plans to introduce Remote Storage DVRs. The ruling came from Judge Denny Chin of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, who found that Cablevision's proposed service would violate the studios' and networks' copyrights by effectively permitting re-transmission of the content.

Cablevision said in a statement: "We are disappointed by the judge's decision, and continue to believe that remote-storage DVRs are consistent with copyright law and offer compelling benefits for consumers—including lower costs and broader availability of this popular technology."

Cable companies have been considering the possibilities of so-called remote DVRs (Cablevision's would have been called an RS-DVR, for Remote Storage DVR) for years. The ...

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