NAB Won't Aid Dish Cause.(National Association of Broadcasters sues EchoStar Communications Corp.)

Multichannel News, November, 2006 by Hearn, Ted

By Ted Hearn EchoStar's Hill Play Will Face Opposition Washington-- The National Association of Broadcasters will oppose legislation that would allow EchoStar Communications to escape a federal injunction cutting off distant-network feeds to 850,000 satellite homes on Dec. 1. EchoStar hopes that during this week's post-election lame-duck session, Congress will pass a law that would largely void a permanent injunction and allow the company to continue beaming ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox stations from New York and Los Angeles to its Dish Network customers around the country who can't obtain the same programming locally with off-air antennas.

Although NAB network affiliates settled with EchoStar, U.S. Judge William P. Dimitrouleas said the law...