The U.S. District Court for the District of...
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted Sky Angel 30 days to again amend its complaint against C-SPAN. The complaint stems from an affiliation agreement between Sky Angel and C-SPAN to carry two C-SPAN channels on FAVE-TV,…
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a subscription service, Judge Rudolph Contreras said in a memorandum opinion (http://1.usa.gov/1ecWYxj). A few days later Sky Angel was asked to remove the channels from the FAVE-TV lineup, the memorandum opinion said. Sky Angel’s complaint was dismissed previously for failing to state a claim against any defendant and “to plead both a relevant market and C-SPAN’s power over that market,” it said. C-SPAN filed a motion to dismiss the complaint, the opinion said. “Because the amended complaint fails to rectify the deficiencies identified in the court’s earlier opinion, the court will grant the motion to dismiss the amended complaint.” The court “will give Sky Angel one more opportunity to amend its complaint within 30 days,” it said. Sky Angel didn’t comment.