Judge Denies Dish Network Redaction Request in Circle City Case

A U.S. district court judge denied Dish Network’s motion to seal the judge’s summary judgment order, which dismissed a discrimination case brought by Circle City Broadcasting against the MVPD. Dish sought to redact a sentence fragment in the order concerning its retransmission consent rate offerings to Circle City: “for the longest time offering zero dollars, and at the eleventh hour offering only pennies per subscriber” sealed. Dish argued the phrase revealed sensitive info about its retrans negotiations (see 2304060056). “The Court intentionally wrote its summary judgment opinion in general terms and in a way that omitted any secret details,” wrote Southern District of Indiana Judge Tanya Walton Pratt in an order Thursday denying the request. Circle City said it will appeal the summary judgment order dismissing the racial discrimination claim (see 2304030072). Dish didn’t comment.