Vidéotron and Bell reach deal on Crave, ending lawsuit

By Steve Faguy

MONTREAL — Bell is no longer accusing Vidéotron of pirating Crave TV.A month after filing a $100-million copyright and trademark infringement lawsuit saying Vidéotron was continuing to give subscribers of The Movie Network access to associated video-on-demand content without an agreement from Bell, the companies have quietly come to an agreement, they both confirmed to Cartt.ca."The legal case is being discontinued," said Bell Media publicist Adam Slinn.The suit, which listed about 2,700 individual episodes and movies that were available on demand and demanded $20,000 for each one, was filed November 2, two days after a deadline set by Bell and...