Former Vision TV chief suit against Zoomer awaiting court decision

By Linda Stuart

TORONTO - Former Vision TV CEO Bill Roberts may soon receive a judge’s decision in his ongoing lawsuit against ZoomerMedia Ltd.Roberts is suing Zoomer for close to $1 million for severance and damages, resulting from his employment termination in 2012, which came three years after the media company owned by Moses Znaimer made a deal to buy the religious programming channel in June 2009.After purchasing Vision TV (the deal was formally completed in June 2010) and appointing Roberts as president of its television division, Zoomer and the long-time Vision TV boss entered into negotiations to extend Roberts’s employment contract beyond...