FilmOn X Faces Contempt of Court For Boston-Area Streaming

The Wrap reports that--despite a national injunction barring FilmOn X from streaming free broadcast TV programming on its Internet service everywhere but in the Second Circuit--the company went ahead and started streaming in the Boston area.

FilmOn X was going to ask for a further carve-out from the injunction issued by a District of Columbia federal judge because a Boston-area federal judge ruled that broadcasters were not entitled to a temporary restraining order of FilmOn X's competitor, Aereo, in the New England area.

But FilmOn X didn't wait until the court ruled. The result? "A district court judge on Tuesday threatened to find FilmOn X in contempt of court for beginning to air network affiliates from Boston despite her injunction barring the company from airing network stations outside New York and Massachusetts," The Wrap reported.

UPDATE: The judge's order also rejected FilmOn X's request to modify her preliminary injunction.