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Netflix, Maple Heights Voluntarily Dismiss Federal Court Case

Video streamers agree with Maple Heights, Ohio, to dismiss their federal court dispute due to last month’s Ohio Supreme Court decision on whether Netflix and Hulu must pay the city video franchise fees, parties said Thursday at U.S. District Court…

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of Eastern Ohio (case 1:20-CV-01872). The state Supreme Court said Maple Heights can’t sue since the streamers don’t qualify as video service providers under Ohio's Fair Competition in Cable Operations Act (see 2211300008).