Dish Network Settles Voom Dispute

AMC and its prodigal MSO bury the hatchet

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It had to happen: Dish Network, which had been repeatedly reprimanded over the course of its protracted dispute with AMC subsidiary Voom HD, settled the $2.4 billion lawsuit to the tune of $700 million—well below analysts expectations of at least $1 billion. It also agreed to start carrying AMC Networks again after a months-long face-off.

AMC had pulled out all the stops to get its carriage partner to return to the fold. There was the zombie march on Washington, D.C.,

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