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Battle Over Mobile Streaming Rights Heats Up Between Channels, Cable Operators

The conflict between cable channel owners and cable operators over who owns the rights to stream those channels to new devices like tablets has come to a head in recent weeks. Most recently, Viacom and Scripps Networks squared off with Time Warner Cable.

On Monday, Time Warner Cable took the fight to the consumer, with a Web campaign asking why some TV stations wanted to "take away" the "freedom to watch on more screens."

More examples follow in this New York Times piece.

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