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Dish files US antitrust counterclaims against Disney

( January 2, 2026, 23:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Dish Network filed antitrust counterclaims accusing Disney of illegal tying, coordinating with Fox on skinny sports bundles, and lessening competition with its acquisition of Fubo. “Disney forces Dish to distribute non-critical content to significant numbers of Dish subscribers. Absent these tying restraints, Dish would structure its offerings to provide affordable packages that include only the content its consumers actually want to watch. Instead, Dish (and its customers) pay inflated prices for packages with unnecessary content, not watched by the phantom subscribers on which Dish must still pay,” Dish said. Disney originally filed a complaint accusing Dish of violating the terms of its licensing contract and undermining Disney’s decades-long business model by offering a “Day Pass” in its Sling Orange service without notice to Disney and without consent.See attached file. ...

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