The Nassau Off Track Betting Corp (OTB). continues their fight against the New York Racing Association (NYRA), which began when the New York Racing Association pulled its TV video signal from Nassau OTB, one of the state's six regional OTB corporations, in retaliation for some unauthorized video-streaming on Nassau OTB's website earlier this year.
NYRA pulled its signal on 06/03/09 because Nassau OTB was showing the live video stream of its signal on its website from Jan. 29 through April 15. The six state OTB outfits cannot show the video stream without NYRA's consent, which NYRA withholds because the OTBs don't allow NYRA to stream its own signal on its own website.
It seems so silly, and I have criticised NYRA often , but I side with NYRA on this one. Looks like they are merely trying to protect Intellectual Property they clearly own, ie, the racing product. Heck if NYRA can't even show their own product on their own website betting ADW platform, why would Nassau OTB expect they can, without even asking permission, no less?
So far no resolution and if you plan to watch the Saratoga meet from your house in Nassau County, Long Island starting next week by turning on the OTB channel, looks like you will be out of luck.
You can hear NYRA President Charles Hayward's take on this in an interview he gave to Mike Francesa on WFAN (660 am) in New York today by clicking on this link.
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Index No. 11310/2009 Nassau Cty NY State Supreme Court OTB v NYRA
how much is Nassau OTB paying in Attorney fees?
Court: Nassau Civil Supreme
Index Number: 011310/2009
Case Name: NASSAU REGIONAL OFF-TRACK vs. NEW YORK RACING ASSOCIATION
Case Type: Commercial Division
Track: Complex
RJI Filed: 06/11/2009
Date NOI Due:
NOI Filed:
Disposition Deadline:
Disposition Date:
Calendar Number:
Jury Status:
Justice Name: STEPHEN A. BUCARIA
Attorney/Firm For Plaintiff:
BLANK, ROME, TENZER, GREENBLAT Attorney Type: Attorney Of Record Atty. Status: Active
405 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10174
212 885-5000
Attorney/Firm For Defendant:
BEE READY FISHBEIN ETAL Attorney Type: Attorney Of Record Atty. Status: Active
170 OLD COUNTRY RD #200
MINEOLA, NY 11501
516-746-5599
http://www.wfan.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=3901482
NYRA Dispute
Friday July 24th - Charles Hayward and Robert Zimmerman discuss the dispute regarding the New York Racing Association removing its televised signal of Belmont Park races from the in-home distribution network of Nassau Regional Off-Track Betting Corp.
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