Media analytics company Comscore Inc. was hit with a suit claiming it leveraged a monopoly over box office data to block a rival from competition.
Comscore cut off CinemaCloudWorks Inc. from box office data and harmed the rival’s web-based business that uses the information to advise motion picture distributors on when to book films, according to a complaint filed Monday in the US District Court for the Central District of California. CCW does business as Atlas Distribution Co.
“Because there is no comparable data source, ATLAS cannot fulfill its contractual obligations, support in-process and upcoming film releases, or sustain its ...
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