FTC makes DBS complaint. (Federal Trade Commission, PAL Financial Services and Media Management)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, June, 1995

FTC makes DBS complaint The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint in federal district court against Santa Ana, Calif.-based PAL Financial Services and Media Management for an allegedly fraudulent satellite TV investment scheme. The FTC alleges that the companies were key players in a scheme the agency challenged in another complaint filed April 17.

The FTC says consumers invested $2.36 million thinking the venture had the right to market programing from direct broadcast satellite company DIRECTV in one or more rural Georgia counties. The agency charges that the defendants did not possess and were unlikely to acquire the rights to market DIRECTV programing in Georgia or elsewhere.