ATLANTA — A federal appeals court has suspended a July 9 injunction that would have resulted in the immediate removal of Southern Baptist television programming from the DISH satellite network. The lawsuit that brought the action, however, still threatens to keep the FamilyNet television off the satellite. Sky Angel, a satellite network that provides Christian programming on DISH, sought the injunction.
Sky Angel filed suit last winter when DISH added FamilyNet and another Christian network, Daystar, to its satellite feed, citing a contractual agreement it said prohibited DISH from offering any Christian programming except Sky Angel.
A federal court judge in Denver, Colo., issued the original injunction, but the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the ruling July 11. Sky Angel had until July 18 to file a response.
FamilyNet, from studios located in Fort Worth, Texas, provides family and values-oriented television programming to more than 13 million homes through local cable outlets as well as through nearly 100 affiliate television stations across the country. (TAB)
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