CBS won a temporary legal occurrence, allowing the network to continue the distribution of “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy” amid battle with Sony Pictures Television.
On Wednesday, three judges of California’s appeal signed a temporary suspension of the ruling last week by the lower court judge, who stripped CBS of his distribution duties for special offers.
Los Angeles judge has spent that Sony did not need to provide additional episodes of offers to CBS so that she could distribute them to TV stations throughout the country.
This ruling “remained awaiting more of this court order,” the referees said in a signed order. The committee gave Sony until April 28 to respond.
Last week, the Los Angeles Supreme Court Judge Kevin Brazil spent that Sony Pictures had the right to distribute the game shows “risk!” And “the wheel of luck” from the CBS partner for a long time.
Sony ended its distribution deal with CBS in August and Later on, the contract breach lawsuit is filed This is what he claimed that the broadcaster owned by Paramount Global entered into unauthorized licensing deals and then paid herself a committee. Sony has also maintained that budget discounts within CBS have admitted from the network’s efforts to support the two supply.
The Los Angeles Supreme Court claim also claimed that CBS licensed offers at lower prices and failed to increase advertising revenues.
CBS has long dealt with the distribution of “Jeopardy!” And “wheel”, owned by Sony and produced on Lot Culver City in the studio.
CBS said that Sony’s claims are “rooted in the fact that they simply do not like the deal that the parties approved decades ago.”
CBS takes up to 40 % of the fees paid by TV stations to carry shows. The company took over the program when it got Syndication Company King World Production In 1999.
King World deals with the original product, MERV GRIFFIN ENERPRISES, in the early eighties of the last century for the distribution of “Jeopardy!” And “wheel”. Sony subsequently acquired GRIFFIN, but these early agreements are still valid.
As the traditional TV show has decreased due to the competition for broadcasting in recent years, the daily game shows have continued to prosper, which is among the most watched programs on TV.
