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Dish Takes ESPN To Trial Over Licensing Deal

Reuters | by TVNewsCheck

Dish Network Corp. has gone to trial against ESPN Inc. over claims the sports programmer owes it more than $152 million after breaching a contract by offering better deals to rival distributors. The lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan pits the No. 2 U.S. satellite company against the sports affiliate of media group Walt Disney Co.