Dish's EchoStar Urges Court: Don't Drop Venu Preliminary Injunction
Considering the antitrust concerns raised by the proposed Venu sports streaming joint venture, Dish Network parent EchoStar is urging a federal court not to drop the temporary injunction against it. In a Jan. 7 letter to Judge Margaret Garnett of…
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the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, EchoStar said that defendant Disney's agreement with plaintiff Fubo is the equivalent of purchasing its "way out of their antitrust violation." EchoStar added, "But the Court’s decisions have correctly found harm that sweeps past the Plaintiff to the consuming public, independent programmers, and distributors" such as Dish. The preliminary injunction Garnett granted in August (see 2408160040) stopped the plan by defendants Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery "to monopolize the pay-TV market and ... charge inflated prices to millions of Americans," EchoStar said. Fubo and the defendants asked the court this week to lift the preliminary injunction in light of the Disney-Fubo settlement (see 2501070040). The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday, in docket 24-2210, dismissed an appeal challenging the preliminary injunction (see 2412020006).