EchoStar’s distant signal deal with NPS likely won’t be affected ...
EchoStar’s distant signal deal with NPS likely won’t be affected by the Supreme Court decision not to hear the DBS provider’s appeal of a related matter, said communications lawyers. The company worked with NPS to deliver distant signals after…
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it lost legal challenges against broadcasters. On Mon., the high court said it won’t hear EchoStar v. Fox, in which the DBS company sought to overturn an 11th U.S. Appeals Court, Atlanta ruling that it violated distant network subscriber rules (CD Jan 9 p12). The Supreme Court’s decision wasn’t surprising, because the court hears very few cases, a lawyer said: “This is kind of a nonevent.” Mon.’s denial ends EchoStar’s appeal of the 11th Circuit ruling, said the attorney. One of the next steps in the distant signal battle may come with broadcast affiliate groups appealing a Dec. ruling by U.S. Dist. Court, Ft. Lauderdale to the 11th Circuit in a separate case, 2 lawyers said. Broadcasters have filed a notice of appeal. The Ft. Lauderdale court had ruled that NPS can continue to sell distant networks to Dish Network subscribers. NPS leases a transponder from EchoStar to transmit the signals to eligible customers.