Dish, Fox Talking Settlement of PrimeTime Anytime Lawsuit

Dish Network and Fox Entertainment may settle a 2012 complaint against the satellite company for its PrimeTime Anytime VOD service. In a joint status report filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, the two said they "are presently engaged in business negotiations which include discussions about settlement of this case." Barring a settlement, Dish and Fox said they proposed a Sept. 6 trial date. Fox argued in its 2012 lawsuit that PrimeTime Anytime and its AutoHop service, which strips out commercials from network programming, was an "attempt to camouflage" copyright infringement (see report in the Aug. 28, 2012, issue).