TiVo: EchoStar Risking Contempt Proceeding
The company's CEO says the satcaster is not complying with a court order on DVR patents.
By Swanni
That's according to an article by The Hollywood Reporter.
TiVo last year successfully sued EchoStar after charging the satcaster with violating its patents on Digital Video Recorders.
With interest, EchoStar now owes TiVo close to $100 million and a subsequent court injunction calls for the satcaster to disable its four million DVRs.
However, EchoStar, which has since split into two companies -- EchoStar and Dish Network -- says its DVRs are not in violation of TiVo's patents due to a software upgrade.
Rogers wasn't buying that today in remarks to the Bear Stearns Media Conferece. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the TiVo CEO said the delay "plays into TiVo's hands" and he said EchoStar is risking a contempt proceeding.
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