DirecTV Drops Dish Network Lawsuit Over Ad Campaign

[lee78221]

April 14 (Bloomberg) -- DirecTV, the largest U.S. satellite-television provider, dropped a lawsuit in which it accused Dish Network Corp. of running a false advertising campaign on nationwide TV, according to a court filing.

DirecTV sued Dish in February, seeking to halt the advertisements that asserted Dish charges $24 less a month for the same services as DirecTV. A federal judge in New York denied DirecTV’s bid to block the ads immediately.

The parties “stipulate to the dismissal of the entirety of the action,” according to a one-sentence court filing today by attorneys for both sides. There were no additional details.

Dish has also agreed to drop claims it brought against DirecTV, according to the filing.

DirecTV Drops Dish Network Lawsuit Over Ad Campaign (Update2) - BusinessWeek

 

[DodgerKing]

First wise decision Direct has made in a while. They should have never brought it to court to begin with

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Bingo, as I said before this was a can of worms they did not want to open. And "To Tell The Truth" they both lie.

 

[RandallA]

"I'll drop it if you drop yours"

 

[whitewolf8214]

"I'll drop it if you drop yours"

NO TY BUT YOU FIRST

 

[Hemi 6.1]

Who didn't know this would happen?

I Mean really!

 

[raoul5788]

"I'll drop it if you drop yours"

I tried that once, boy did I get into trouble!

 

[Claude Greiner]

Yea, after Directv took the exact same ads that Dish was running and twisted them around and ran them for a month. At this point Directv does not have a leg to stand on in this lawsuit, as they are just as guilty themselves.

The questions are the ads going to stop from both sides, or they going to continue?

 

[Fiachra]

This should save both of them a great deal of expense.

 

[pabeader]

there was a new 'to tell the truth' yesterday so... not going to stop anytime soon!

 

[SupaFresh208]

Men lie, Women lie, but HD numbers dont

 

[yaz96]

This should save both of them a great deal of expense.

Yeah, more money for both to spend on false advertising!

 

[Ken S]

It's sad how little these companies think of their customers.