Sky Angel was a U S operator of Christian television networks; it operated three channels, Angel One, Angel Two, and KTV, all of which were exclusive to Dish Network.
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12 Facts About Sky Angel
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On January 14,2014, Sky Angel ceased its IPTV business, citing that because it did not fall under the traditional legal definition of a multichannel video programming distributor, it was unable to employ legal remedies for its allegations that broadcasters were discriminating against its business model by preventing carriage of their channels.
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Sky Angel reached around 115,000 subscribers, mostly within the Central United States.
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On July 10,2007, Sky Angel launched a separate IPTV service in the United States.
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Sky Angel has contemplated offering internet and mobile television services, but declined to do so.
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Sky Angel introduced a new spin-off service known as FAVE TV —a secular service which aimed to carry "mainstream" and "family-friendly" television channels.
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On January 14,2014, Sky Angel suspended its television services; in an FCC complaint, the company detailed that it had been unable to offer a competitive service to its subscribers because content providers had refused to allow the provider to "acquire programming in a fair and nondiscriminatory way".
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Sky Angel offered satellite service with monthly, yearly or lifelong plans.
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In November 2012, Sky Angel filed an antitrust lawsuit against the network claiming that its owners pulled its programming from Sky Angel to put the service at a disadvantage against its conventional rivals.
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The court dismissed the case without prejudice, believing that Sky Angel's case did not have enough evidence to justify its claims that C-SPAN's owners were trying to enforce a monopoly position.
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The claims were rejected, with the court arguing that Sky Angel had produced no actual evidence of collusion among the C-SPAN consortium.
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