CBS Rifits’ Jeopardy! ” ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Distribution Rights After Sony Win Return

CBS has temporarily regained distribution rights for both the “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy!” After a state judge returned an early decision that gave the Sony Pictures television control over the play shows.

A California State Appeal Court issued a temporary return to CBS on Wednesday, stopping Sony’s attempt to control the control of lucrative sales and trade union rights for two of the most popular television game shows.

A panel of three judges from the second California Appeal Circle on Wednesday changed a previous decision from a lower court that had given Sony the right to take on sales and distribution responsibilities from CBS.

The return prohibits the implementation of an April 10 prior order that had moved those responsibilities to Sony.

Sony possesses intellectual property rights both for “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy!”

Merv Griffin, the legendary television manufacturer and the creator of both performances, initially hit a permanent distribution agreement in the mid-1980s with King World Productions-Compania that successfully reopened programs in the trade union and later became part of CBS in 2000.

Since then, CBS has been responsible for distribution and sales while Sony has maintained production control.

This deal has helped to hold both shows as a device on early evening television for decades, with “Wheel” debuting in the 1983 union and “Jeopardy!” In 1984.

Today, programs remain trade union electric houses, broadcasting more than 150 stations across the SH.BA

Sony claims CBS violated their distribution agreement by entering unauthorized licensing agreements for “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy!”, Then paying commissions for those deals without properly compensating Sony.

“The reality is that CBS has been wildly underestimating the value of these shows in favor of its own interest and contrary to its contractual obligations,” the lawsuit states.

Sony also claims that CBS licensed the markets under the market, held over $ 3.6 million in foreign licensing income and failed to properly support shows due to the reduction of internal budget and dismissal.

In response, CBS said, “Sony’s claims are rooted in the fact that they simply do not like the agreement that the parties agreed for decades”, and emphasized its decades to help make the performances cultural institutions.

CBS, for its part, has accused Sony of trying to undermine a mutually agreed agreement.

“This is a transparent money capture,” CBS lawyers claimed in court files, arguing that Sony is trying to renegotiate a deal he has long admitted – simply because he no longer finds favorable conditions.

The decision of the Court of Appeal remains the preliminary order of the Lower Court, effectively preventing Sony, for now, from cutting CBS from the distribution process. This lower court ruling would allow Sony to stop the distribution of new episodes to CBS for distribution in its station associates.

According to the order of the Court of Appeal, Sony must submit his official short appeal until April 28. CBS has until May 9th to present its response.

Both companies refused to comment on the latest development in the Saga Legal, which may have significant financial and operational implications for two of the longest shows in television history.