BlueTV Set-Top Same as Pirate TVpad, Say Dish, Broadcasters

A permanent injunction against the companies behind the TVpad set-top box needs to be modified because the defendants continue to pirate copyrighted programming through a comparable product, said Dish Network and broadcasters China Central TV (CCTV) and TVB Holdings in a motion to amend (in PACER) filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. Dish and the others sued in 2015, alleging the plaintiffs -- including Create New Technology (CNT), Hua Yang International Technology, TVpad.com and NewTVpad.com -- were infringing on CCTV and TVB programming, with Dish having exclusive rights to that content in the U.S. The plaintiffs received a permanent injunction last August, but the defendants now are marketing an identical device, blueTV, that functions the same as TVpad, Dish and the others said. CNT and Hua Yang couldn't be reached for comment.