Dish Network still won’t get a preliminary injunction against the...
Dish Network still won’t get a preliminary injunction against the FCC that would put off a requirement that the DBS company carry non-commercial TV stations on an accelerated schedule under provisions of last year’s Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act.…
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The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled Thursday against Dish in its challenge to a decision by the U.S. District Court in Las Vegas, refusing to grant Dish the preliminary injunction. A company representative had no comment because it was still reviewing the order. “Because we agree with the district court that DISH failed to demonstrate it is likely to succeed on the merits, we affirm the denial of injunctive relief,” wrote 9th Circuit Judge Richard Tallman for himself and colleagues Clifford Wallace and Barry Silverman -- http://xrl.us/bijvmd. The provision of STELA that Dish sued the commission over was that it carry more public TV stations as one condition of being able to import faraway signals from commercial network affiliates to areas deemed not served by a sister station.