EchoStar wants to cut a deal with broadcasters so it can keep providing signals to hundreds of thousands of subscribers who receive programming from stations outside their markets, reports the
Rocky Mountain News. The company's Dish Network was ordered by a federal court in May to shut off "distant network transmissions"--i.e., sending signals from New York City stations to customers
in Denver. It has appealed, but also acknowledged that the odds of success are "very small." Without a settlement, EchoStar will begin halting the signals next month to comply with the court order. It
has reached accords with ABC, NBC, CBS, and other station groups during the nearly nine-year dispute--but hasn't been able to make one with others, including Fox. "We are anxious to try to reach a
settlement with the remaining broadcasters, and we're very focused on trying to do that," says David Moskowitz, EchoStar's general counsel.
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