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just4funnc
06-28-2004, 04:44 AM
Look directv and dishnetwork are fighting. I guess in corp. america the answer is to sue first and reason later...... But thats always been dtv's policy. Sue the person first and threaten later over the phone. Fuckin pethetic bunch of losers. Get a life corporate america. There are more people on this earth besides ceo's and corp kiss asses. People that sweep your floors are people also and deserve a nice lavish lifestyle also. Not just your fat assed ceo's or your sorry candy assed people like
Larry Rissler <-----(Head of signal integrity)
And this is just a note to dtv cause I know you all read this stuff. I will always speak my mind and you can try your absolute best to shut me down and you can threaten me with slander as you already have done but I will continue my response like I always have.....



DirecTV Sues DISH on Pegasus Promotions

DirecTV has filed a lawsuit against EchoStar concerning advertising and promotional materials the satellite TV competitor is circulating in rural areas where Pegasus has sold DirecTV.

The litigation has ties to the ongoing legal skirmish between DirecTV and Pegasus, in which the satellite TV giant is directly marketing its service in areas that were once the domain of Pegasus, the company that had been exclusively selling DirecTV in its rural territories. EchoStar also has been in the same rural areas promoting its DISH Network service and recruiting Pegasus customers.

In its lawsuit, DirecTV said EchoStar has created false and misleading advertising for retailers to distribute in areas serviced exclusively by Pegasus. The advertising, DirecTV said, suggests Pegasus customers will lose their DirecTV programming, and can keep satellite TV service by switching to DISH Network.

"EchoStar has distributed these untrue and advertisements to DISH Network retailers and placed them on EchoStar's retailer Web site for retailers to use, and retailers are in fact running the advertisements in Pegasus territories," DirecTV said in its lawsuit.

EchoStar said it will fight the litigation. "We believe our advertising is factually accurate," the company said in a statement. "It informs Pegasus customers of the risk that they may lose service, and the great alternative available to them by switching to DISH Network."

just4funnc
07-19-2004, 03:21 AM
DirecTV said it sent notice to the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles that it's withdrawing the false advertising claim it recently filed against EchoStar.

DirecTV claimed EchoStar was using false advertising to mislead Pegasus customers into believing they would lose DirecTV service due to the legal skirmish between the companies. Since EchoStar has agreed to stop using the ads as a result of the lawsuit, DirecTV has withdrawn its claim, the satellite TV company said in a statement. EchoStar also instructed its dealers to stop using the ads, DirecTV added.

"While we're pleased with the corrective action taken by EchoStar, the case will be dismissed without prejudice so that, should EchoStar resume any form of misleading advertising, we will seek appropriate relief from the court," DirecTV said.

The case - and the EchoStar advertising - got tangled within the legal proceedings involving DirecTV and Pegasus. A number of Pegasus subsidiaries are in Maine bankruptcy court, which has become the venue of the DirecTV/Pegasus spat and the fight over whether Pegasus can retain is exclusive deal to sell DirecTV in rural territories. DirecTV has been working to sell its service directly to consumers in Pegasus areas.


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