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May 26, 2012

Fox sues over ad-skipping service

Fox Broadcasting Co. filed suit Thursday against Dish Network LLC over its new video-on-demand service that allows subscribers to watch shows without commercials , saying the service infringes on Fox's copyrights and breaches the companie


By Jean Yung


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Fox Broadcasting Co. filed suit Thursday against Dish Network LLC over its new video-on-demand service that allows subscribers to watch shows without commercials, saying the service infringes on Fox's copyrights and breaches the companies' distribution contract.


Late Thursday, CBS and NBCUniversal filed their own suits against Dish.


The suit marks the first major legal challenge to ad-s...

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