Dish Carriage Fight Lawsuit Baseless, Tribune Says
Dish Network is engaged in a "campaign of delay and distraction" instead of negotiation, Tribune Broadcasting said Tuesday in response to Dish's lawsuit (in Pacer) filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Denver. In the suit, Dish claimed Tribune launched…
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a "false, deceptive and defamatory" campaign of websites and commercials to try to force renewal of its distribution agreement with the direct broadcast satellite company. Dish said the campaign, including multiple DumpDish websites (see here and here), cause harm by getting some subscribers to cancel, thus "deliberately and purposefully interfering with Dish's contracts with its subscribers as well as with Dish's prospective economic advantage." The suit asks for unspecified damages. Tribune's statement called the suit "baseless." Tribune and Dish repeatedly have blamed one another for the blackout of 42 Tribune channels in 33 markets (see 1606150053).