Little Net firm rocks TV giants

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ICraveTV, a Toronto, Ontario-based start-up company that provides live network TV on the Internet, is being sued by some major TV companies and other firms in the entertainment industry. The plaintiffs argued that iCraveTV's service is tantamount to stealing intellectual property. However, experts say that the TV broadcasters' main concern with the case is that the possibility of airing programs on the Internet exposes the TV industry's way of doing business to serious problems.

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Ruling stops iCraveTV transmissions to USA

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iCraveTV of Toronto, Ontario, received an order from US District Court Judge Donald Ziegler to cease transmitting intercepted TV programs into the US through its Internet site. This was after a case was filed by the NFL, NBA, 10 programmers and Hollywood movie studios and four networks, accusing iCraveTV of stealing 17 over-the-air network TV programming from Toronto and Buffalo.

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Quokka competes for Olympic glory

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Quokka Sports, an innovative sports programmer on the Internet, has been given the exclusive Internet rights to cover the 2000 Summer Olympics. For this big sports event, the sports company has produced an NBC-Quokka co- branded site called NBCOlympics.com that will provide Internet users more of an insider's view of the occurrences in the Summer Games. Quokka hopes that its Olympics exposure will give it the much needed financial boost.

Strategic alliances, Quokka Sports

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