In case you missed our report yesterday (it was very late in the day), IceTV won their case against Channel Nine over their right to operate their independent EPG. Big win for the DVR community. Congrats to the IceTV team!
In a big win for TV viewers around the country, independent EPG provider IceTV has won their eight month battle against Channel Nine. This morning Justice Annabelle Bennett ruled in favour of IceTV that their EPG does not infringe Nine’s copyright in their television schedule.
The entire Nine Network case was dismissed, with IceTV declared an “independent compilation” built wholly by their own means.
IceTV General Manager Matt Kossatz was suitably excited, and offered some thoughts in a press release:
