November 04, 2014
A New York federal judge on Tuesday determined CBS Corp. would have to reveal more about its advertising sales, ruling that the broadcaster didn't effectively show that Dish Network Corp.'s request for precise data showing how its ad-skipping system impacted CBS' sales was overly burdensome.
September 18, 2013
A New York federal judge denied ABC Inc.'s attempt to block Dish Network Corp. from providing its ad-skipping digital video recording service on Wednesday, two months after the Ninth Circuit rejected a similar request by Fox Broadcasting Co. against the pay-TV provider.
August 20, 2012
In a new amended complaint in its copyright dispute with the major TV networks, Dish Network Corp. stresses that users of its ad-skipping digital video recorder must choose to record blocks of programming and skip commercials, in an apparent effort to bolster its position that the service doesn't infringe.
August 03, 2012
Dish Network Corp. is nowhere near any kind of settlement with networks that claim its new ad-skipping digital video recorder infringes their copyrights, attorneys for the networks told a New York federal judge Friday.
July 09, 2012
A New York federal judge on Monday found that television broadcasters' copyright lawsuits against Dish Network Corp. over its new ad-skipping feature can proceed in California, while letting some contract claims in a related case proceed in New York.
July 02, 2012
Television broadcasters that claim Dish Network Corp.'s advertising-free digital video recorder technology violates copyright law told a federal judge Monday that the legal fight belongs in California, not New York.
June 22, 2012
News Corp.'s Fox Entertainment Group Inc. can proceed with accelerated discovery on the technical specifications of Dish Network LLC's commercial-erasing DVR service as Fox and other television networks try to block the controversial technology, a New York federal judge ruled Friday.
June 18, 2012
Dish Network Corp. fired back Monday in a venue dispute with three major networks that accuse the company of infringing copyrights through its advertising-free recording technology, arguing the case should be heard in New York federal court, not in California.
June 08, 2012
Three major television networks on Friday fought to preserve their California suits accusing Dish Network Corp. of infringing their copyrights with its commercial-free recording technology, asking a New York court to deny Dish's attempt to throw out those suits in favor of its own.
June 04, 2012
The major TV networks are breaking new ground in copyright law by suing Dish Network Corp. over its new "Hopper" service, which lets viewers watch recorded shows without commercials, but whether the suit can survive a fair-use defense depends on the court's being swayed by the argument that deleting commercials will destroy the networks' business, attorneys said.