Fox tells TWC to stop broadcasting to iPad as TWC refuses

Fox Networks has told Time Warner Cable (TWC) to stop streaming cable channels to the iPad of pay-TV subscribers, saying such use is not authorised. The company sent a letter demanding the New York-based cable operator stop providing the channels, Fox spokesman Scott Grogin told Bloomberg. Fox News parent News Corp joins Scripps Networks Interactive (SNI) in challenging WTC over the transmission of live TV signals via an application on Apple's iPad, without consent. TWC customers with internet service are able to use the app to watch programming within their homes. TWC has argued that there is no difference between an iPad and a portable TV because the iPad app can only be watched at home. There are 32 channels on Time Warner's app. TWC was the first cable provider to release an iPad app that streams live TV. Cablevision Systems (CVC) said it will introduce a similar product this quarter. TWC reacted strongly to Fox Networks statements, saying it believes it has "every right" to carry the programming on its iPad app and said it will take legal means if necessary to pursue that right.