Rogers did not know Warner Bros. had non-compete covenant from Bell agreement, affidavit reveals

Rogers busines rep says it wouldn't have entered into a major licensing deal if representations were not accurate By Ahmad Hathout Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) allegedly failed to disclose to Rogers that the U.S.-based producer of television programming had an outstanding two-year non-compete agreement with previous rights holder Bell before the cable giant signed a multi-year deal for those rights in June, a new court filing reveals. The non-competition covenant, in effect, would have prevented WBD from engaging a competing service – in this case, Rogers – on the supply of its programming for the two-year period, per the shareholder...