Dish-AMC Trial Could Be Nearing End By Phillip Swann TVPredictions.com
http://www.tvpredictions.com/trial101812.htm Washington, D.C. (October 18, 2012) -- Could the Dish-AMC breach-of-contract trial soon have a normal and relatively happy ending? After several days of acting like they were actors in a TV courtroom drama, representatives for the two companies were seen huddling in a private room after Judge Richard Lowe III postponed trial proceedings until Monday. The Wall Street Journal writes that the meetings could mean that settlement talks are underway. AMC is suing Dish for $2.5 billion for dropping the AMC-owned Voom HD Networks from its lineup in 2007. Dish claims Voom failed to live up to its legal obligation to spend $100 million on programming; AMC and Voom says Dish dropped the channels because they felt they could carry other HD channels for less money. Lowe postponed the trial until Monday after a week of melodramatic twists and turns that included a scuffle between Dish programming exec Carolyn Crawford and the 83-year-old father of an AMC attorney; Crawford storming out of the room in tears after being insulted by Judge Lowe; the judge ordering Dish to submit a series of private email exchanges or he would declare AMC the victor; the seizure of a computer hard drive; and the eventual submission of the emails which contradicted much of what Dish has been saying. The final development -- the email submission -- has many court observers betting that Dish now wants to settle the case. The outcome could have an impact on the now three-month long programming impasse between Dish and AMC. The latter claims that Dish was not sincere in reaching a new deal to carry AMC and two sister networks because it wanted to use the impasse in possible settlement talks in the Voom case. If settlement talks are indeed underway, it could mean three things: 1. AMC would return to Dish's lineup; 2. Dish would have to give AMC up to $1 billion; 3. The circus known as the Dish/AMC trial would leave town. _______________________________________________ Please be sure to include a URL to the article. Reply to the sender with a "Thank you" if you like this post. _______________________________________________ Medianews mailing list [email protected] http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
