DirecTV Subsidiary Sues Over Non-Delivery of Surfer TV Series

LABC says it didn't get a show entitled "Gone Until December" after fronting a producer $282,000.

Union Square was to get $350,000, payable in three installments, with $175,000 of that amount coming at the front-end.

According to the complaint, LABC was promised award-winning cinematographers, an engineering staff that works in 3D, an "in water" top surf shooter team, delivery in time for the LA Film Festival, episodes in South Africa and Europe, and promises to meet deadlines.

But LABC says no final episodes were delivered, and even after an agreement to revise and delay delivery dates, "Union Square consistently failed to meet the revised delivery dates and frequently submitted footage and story arcs late or of such poor quality that they were unfit to air."

The parties continued to make efforts to produce a mutually-acceptable show, until LABC says it exercised its right to terminate the license agreement on March 26. At that time, LABC says it demanded recoupment of $262,000 advanced to Union Square.

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