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On the other side are representatives from Dish Network, Sky Angel, Netflix, Roku and Public Knowledge.
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One big problem: Sky Angel distributes its signals over the Internet instead of a conventional cable-TV system.
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But Sky Angel faces no threat of being hauled into court, because it has negotiated long-term contracts with programming companies.
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Sky Angel hired outside vendors to develop small boxes that could receive encrypted signals over the Internet and deliver them to television sets.
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Sky Angel, of course, commissioned boxes with that capability years ago.
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Johnson inherited Sky Angel from his late father, Robert Johnson Sr.
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And Sky Angel has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to force Discovery to honor its contract under rules designed to prevent companies affiliated with cable-TV networks from discriminating against competitors.
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He then struck a joint venture with Dish Network, under which Dish paid for the use of some of his frequencies and carried Sky Angel over its EchoStar III satellite.
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But in 2010 Discovery cut off access to some of the most popular channels, including Animal Planet and the Military Channel, saying Sky Angel violated its contract by distributing them over the Internet.
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Buffy is shown on Sky One and BBC Two in the UK, while Angel is screened by Sky One and Channel 4.
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