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California Lower Court Says Streaming Entertainment Companies Don’t Owe Local Franchise Fees
Case No. 21STCV01881, Cal. Super. Ct., Los Angeles County (9/20/21). In a class action lawsuit filed by a California city against various streaming entertainment companies claiming that they owed local video service provider fees imposed under California’s Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act (Act), a California superior court held, among other conclusions, that i) the local video service provider fees imposed by the Act do not apply to the streaming companies, and ii) the California localities do not have a private right of action under the Act to bring the lawsuit against them. Please contact us with any questions.
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