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Entertainment & Sports

Oct. 29, 2014

Injunction on Aereo may not doom Dish's commercial-skipping service

A federal judge last week barred Aereo Inc. from transmitting broadcast TV programs to its subscribers, but the action does not necessarily hurt Dish's defense of its innovative DVR system.


By Matthew Blake


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The 2-year-old video streaming company Aereo Inc. might be doomed after a federal judge last week barred the company from transmitting broadcast TV programs to its subscribers, but the action does not necessarily hurt Dish Network Corp., which is offering another innovative service that the big broadcast networks are trying to stamp out.


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