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INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2018 M2 COMMUNICATIONSGlobalstar, Inc. (NYSE American: GSAT), together with Mudrick Capital Management, L.P. and Warlander Asset Management, LP and all other litigation parties have entered into a Settlement [...]

Judicial Conflict of Interest Launches Rehearing of Satellite License Dispute An 11th-hour disclosure by a Little Rock federal judge has rerouted the course of a $735 million lawsuit that was [...]

Byline: JEANINE POGGI Dish isn't afraid to litigate--and the longer the battle, the better the outcome. Charlie Ergen has spent a fair share of time in the courtroom, using litigation [...]

BSkyB has won a trademark dispute over the Now TV brand after a high court judge threw out a challenge from the Hong Kong-based telecoms company PCCW. Mr Justice Arnold [...]

Byline: Philip Hunter The early-2012 arrival of Netflix appears to be enough to allow BSkyB to escape having to reduce its domination of the UK pay-TV movie market. The UKas [...]

Byline: Philip Hunter Europeas position over enforcement of exclusive rights to show sports in each country is still unclear after what appeared to be a landmark victory for an individual [...]

On January 25th the Russian-language satellite news channel of the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB), First Caucasus News, was relaunched after being off air for one year. During a two-week period [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli The Senate Communications Subcommittee will hold a hearing this Wednesday on retransmission, a hot topic in light of the high-profile dispute between News Corp. and Cablevision that [...]

A division of the computer and software manufacturer HP has agreed to pay BSkyB pounds 318 million to settle a long-running legal dispute over a customer relationship management project. Under [...]

BSkyB will continue in a legal appeal against Ofcom's powers, despite reaching an interim settlement to provide its sports content to rival pay-TV operators for less. Sky's chief executive, Jeremy [...]

Everyone working in the IT industry should be used to hearing sales reps making exaggerated claims about their company's offering. Equally, any customer with any sense generally takes these claims [...]

Today's judgment comes more than five years after BSkyB filed its claim against EDS over a failed customer relationship management system. The dispute led to the IT industry's longest and [...]

A judge has found in favour of BSkyB following a [pounds sterling]700m legal battle with EDS over a failed IT system. It is the first time that a judge has [...]

Virgin Media has hit back at BSkyB over Ofcom's review of premium pay-TV pricing. Neil Berkett, the chief executive of Virgin Media, accused Sky of 'unfair pricing' and 'manipulating' distribution [...]

Sky and Virgin Media have ended their 20-month dispute over carriage of Sky's basic channels on the Virgin platform. Sky channels including Sky News, Sky 1 and Sky Sports News [...]

Virgin Media and BSkyB have appealed against the Competition Commission's ruling that BSkyB must reduce its stake in ITV below 7.5 per cent. Virgin is arguing that Sky should be [...]

Universal Music Group broke away from other record labels and settled a copyright-infringement suit against XM Satellite Radio, the companies said. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Universal, a […]

A federal judge on Friday refused to throw out a record-industry lawsuit accusing XM Satellite Radio of violating its license deal by making it possible for subscribers to record music […]

By Mike Farrell Class-Action Suit On Insider Selling Prompts a Probe XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. said last week that the Securities and Exchange Commission has launched an informal investigation [...]

By Staff Oppenheimer & Co. cable and satellite analyst Tom Eagan reiterated his 'buy' rating on XM Satellite Radio last week, but warned investors that the stock may continue to [...]

CBS Radio makes the case that Howard Stern had an undisclosed-and more than $200 million-financial incentive to use his old radio show to sell Sirius subscriptions before his satellite-radio contract […]

Leslie vs. Mel. Joel vs. Howard. CBS vs. Sirius. Anyway you bill it, the massive lawsuit CBS dropped on Howard Stern last week is the catfight of the century. The […]

ITV has withdrawn a formal complaint against BSkyB as it begins contract negotiations with the satellite broadcaster over the broadcast of ITV's regional variants. The complaint was lodged at the [...]

EDS will seek "millions" from former customer British Sky Broadcasting Group for unpaid bills. An EDS spokesman said Wednesday that the IT services firm is set to file a claim […]

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has ruled that BSkyB has not breached competition law after an investigation lasting almost three years. Sky had been accused of charging rival pay [...]

Canada's SED Systems received site acceptance approval from Intelsat for the first of its monitor and control systems shipped to the Washington, D.C.-based satellite operator. Intelsat decided to standardize on […]

Attorney Johnnie Cochran appeared on behalf of The Word Network in a hearing Wednesday in Oakland County, Mich., Circuit Court that involved a lease dispute between Hughes Network Systems (HNS) […]

StarBand Communications, a McLean, Va.-based high-speed, two-way satellite Internet provider, reached an 'amicable settlement' with one of its financial backers, EchoStar Communications [DISH], to resolve customer base transition, billing and […]

StarBand, a two-way satellite Internet provider in U.S. markets, has filed a lawsuit seeking a restraining order and injunction against EchoStar Communications [DISH] to transfer back StarBand's customer base and […]

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that unlicenced satellite signal providers breach the Radiocommunication Act, which outlaws the unauthorized decoding of encrypted television signals. The decision could mean hefty fines [...]

El Segundo, Calif.-based DirecTV Inc., a largest U.S. satellite TV services provider, heightened the profile of its campaign against illegal signal theft by suing a sports radio personality. The company […]

The Los Angeles-based law firm of Glancy & Binkow has filed a class action lawsuit against Gilat Satellite Networks [GILTF] alleging Gilat and its officers and directors violated federal securities […]

Loral Space & Communications [LOR] Wednesday announced a settlement with the U.S. government for the company's involvement in a review of a Chinese rocket launch failure in 1996. The Justice […]

WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court here has ruled that property renters have a right to install direct-broadcast satellite dishes in locations under their control, even if such action is [...]

Broadcasters see 'take one, take all' provision of must-carry as the key to court victories Broadcasters won a victory in a Virginia federal district court when that court ruled that [...]

WASHINGTON -- After losing the first round of must-carry litigation to broadcasters, the direct-broadcast satellite industry finally got some good news on the lawsuit front. On June 22, the U.S. [...]

WASHINGTON -- A U.S. District Court judge in Virginia has tossed out the direct-broadcast satellite industry's constitutional challenge of a 1999 law that required the carriage of all local TV [...]

Promoter of India's first private satellite venture, Agrani A born fighter and a seasoned entrepreneur with an uncanny knack for spotting and nurturing human talent, Subash Chandra, the Indian satellite […]

ITALY Rome-based Arab satcaster Orbit Satellite Television and Radio Network has filed suit against U.S. cable web E! Entertainment Television charging breach of contract and fraud after a Middle East [...]

A federal judge has ruled that satellite TV carrier PrimeTime 24 must pay the National Football League $2.6 million in damages for transmitting NFL games to Canada without permission. The [...]

RALEIGH -- Capitol Broadcasting Co. is suing Fox Sports Net LLC and Home Team Sports LP, contending that they didn't share profits equally from cable and satellite broadcasts of Carolina [...]

Broadcasters will be allowed status as defendants in a suit satellite broadcasters filed against the U.S. government in September, a federal court has ruled. The satellite industry wants the court [...]

WASHINGTON -- Thou sands of home satellite-dish owners who live in rental units could lose service if real-estate interests prevail in overturning federal rules designed to curb landlords' control over [...]

Fox Sports Net, a minority owner of Home Team Sports, said it planned to sue Viacom Inc. and Comcast Corp. over the proposed sale of the Bethesda, Md.-based regional sports [...]

It's beginning to look more and more like ICO Global Communication's bailout is a sure thing. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware granted final approval to a Craig McCaw-led team […]