Because Sky Angel hasn’t demonstrated that it’s a multichannel video...
Because Sky Angel hasn’t demonstrated that it’s a multichannel video programming distributor, as defined by the Cable Act, it isn’t entitled to program access rights, Discovery Communications said in a letter sent to the FCC Friday. “By contrast, there is…
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no question that Dish is an MVPD,” it said. “Discovery’s decision to not license Sky Angel while licensing Dish is therefore not discriminatory.” Discovery responded to a Sky Angel assertion that Discovery’s inclusion in the TV Everywhere service of Dish Network belies the programmer’s claims in a program access dispute with Sky Angel that it doesn’t allow any online distribution (CD Dec 3 p10). The innovations of Dish’s TV Everywhere doesn’t “somehow convert Sky Angel into an MVPD or in any way equate Dish and Sky Angel,” that cable programmer said. Issues related to copyright raised by Dish’s new products are beyond the scope of the FCC’s program access rules and the FCC’s jurisdiction, Discovery said.