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Third Circuit remands Super Bowl indecency fine
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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- USA
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- July 25 2008
The FCC’s campaign against broadcast indecency was dealt another major blow as the Third Circuit Court of Appeals remanded a $550,000 fine assessed by the agency against the CBS broadcast network for the airing of singer Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” during the 2004 Super Bowl telecast
DirecTV, EchoStar lose appeal of state satellite tax law
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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- USA
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- January 18 2008
Concluding that federal courts lack the jurisdiction to overrule the decision of state lawmakers regarding municipal franchise tax authority, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a lawsuit brought by DirecTV and EchoStar against North Carolina, which the two direct broadcast satellite (DBS) providers had accused of discrimination in imposing a 7 sales tax on the gross revenues of cable and DBS companies
Cablevision appeals ruling on remote storage DVR
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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- USA
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- April 13 2007
On Tuesday, Cablevision asked the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a district court ruling that barred Cablevision from launching a remote digital video recorder (DVR) service that stores television programs on the company’s computer servers instead of on set-top DVRs in subscribers’ homes
Supreme Court refuses EchoStar appeal of distant network ruling
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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- USA
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- January 12 2007
On Monday, EchoStar exhausted the last of its legal avenues for restoring distant broadcast network services to its customers, as the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider EchoStar’s appeal of a nationwide injunction, handed down by the U.S. District Court in Miami at the request of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, that shut down EchoStar’s distant network service on December 1
Supreme Court requests DOJ opinion in Cablevision DVR case
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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- USA
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- January 16 2009
The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to submit its opinion on a Second Circuit appeals court ruling that a network-based digital video recorder (DVR) service developed by Cablevision does not violate copyrights held by film studios and other producers of video content
Court rejects stay of webcaster royalty rate hike
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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- USA
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- July 20 2007
The Internet radio industry lost its bid to halt steep increases in royalty fees approved earlier this year by the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), as the DC Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the webcasters’ request for stay of the CRB order that went into effect on Sunday
Connecticut Attorney General urges cable license for AT&T
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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- USA
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- August 10 2007
Pointing to a U.S. district court decree late last month that classified AT&T’s IPTV service as a cable offering that is subject to state licensing, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal filed an emergency petition asking the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control (CDPUC) to order AT&T to obtain a license for the provision of “U-Verse” video services throughout the state
Cable ownership cap overturned by D.C. Circuit
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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- USA
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- September 4 2009
In a development that could open the door to new merger activity among the nation’s cable firms, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals last week overturned the FCC’s 30 percent cap on cable system ownership, concluding that the agency “failed to demonstrate that allowing a cable operator to serve more than 30 percent of all cable subscribers would threaten to reduce either competition or diversity in programming.”
Broadband over power line rules remanded on appeal
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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- USA
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- May 2 2008
Responding to a petition by the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL), the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals remanded in part FCC rules that govern unlicensed operation of spectrum used for broadband over power line (BPL) Internet access systems, declaring that the FCC failed to provide an adequate opportunity for public notice and comment on the proposed rules prior to their adoption
Supreme Court allows TiVO patent ruling to stand
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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- USA
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- October 10 2008
DISH Network and its spin-off EchoStar suffered a key legal defeat Monday at the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court, which refused to review a Federal Circuit appeals court ruling that found EchoStar liable for infringement of digital video recorder (DVR) patents held by TiVO
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