19 November 2021Copyright

Texas court awards Dish £31m in IPTV copyright dispute

The US District Court for the Southern District of Texas has awarded US television producer Dish Network $31 million in damages, after finding that IPTV provider ChitramTV had wilfully infringed 207 of Dish’s copyrighted works.

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