Dish Network has reportedly settled a lawsuit that the company improperly promoted, marketed, advertised and sold their services and products. The lawsuit was brought on by attorney generals in more than 45 states.
It’s believed that the amount of money Dish Network will pay in this settlement is between $5.5 million and $6 million. In addition, Dish Network agreed to be more open in terms of disclosing their fees and terms of service when they are advertising and distributing written contracts.
Although Dish Network has settled, they did not admit to any wrongdoing. According to the satellite television company, all of their …read more

TiVo, one of the pioneers in the digital video recorder industry, won an important court battle against Dish Network on Tuesday. Due to patent infringement, Dish Network was ordered by a federal judge in Texas to pay TiVo $103 million. Dish Network must also pay TiVo interest through April 2008.
At the time of this controversy, Dish Network was known as EchoStar. As could be expected, TiVo was thrilled with the ruling.
Said TiVo in a press release: “We are extremely gratified by the Court’s well reasoned and thorough decision, in which it rejected EchoStar’s attempted workaround claim regarding the TiVo patent, …read more