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Media

Aug. 13, 2003

Viacom Settles Suit Over User Rebates

SAN FRANCISCO - Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. will pay $13 million to settle a three-year-old class action by 650,000 Northern California cable-television subscribers who said the company reneged on a promise to refund a rate increase.

By Xenia P. Kobylarz
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. will pay $13 million to settle a three-year-old class action by 650,000 Northern California cable-television subscribers who said the company reneged on a promise to refund a rate increase.
        Viacom admit...

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