WARNER BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION v. GOLDEN CHANNELS & CO.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today released an opinion in WARNER BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION v. GOLDEN CHANNELS & CO., No. 05-55374, a diversity appeal. The panel consisted of John T. Noonan, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, and Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judges.
KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:
This is a breach of contract case, involving breach of an agreement between a cable television broadcaster and a company licensing programming. Facts This is an appeal from a judgment following a bench trial. We take the facts from the findings and exhibits except as otherwise explained. Starting in 1990, Warner Brothers licensed television programming to Golden Channels, a cable television company in Israel. Golden was associated with two other cable television companies, and the three together, as Israel Cable Programming Ltd., coordinated their operations. For almost a decade, Warner and Golden made agreements lasting about one year. None of those are at issue. This case arises out of a contract made in 1999. . . .