December 29, 2020 DISH Network LLC and NagraStar LLC filed a complaint on Monday in the Western District of New York against defendants UVConn Inc., DHE Boss Inc., and individual defendants collectively doing business at ZummTV and TVIPBOX, claiming that the defendants violated the Federal Communications Act (FCA) by retransmitting programming without DISH’s consent. DISH, which operates a satellite pay TV service, and NagraStar, which provides “technology, security services and products” for DISH’s satellite pay TV service, alleged that TVIPBOX, “a purported software development and manufacturer for IPTV/OTT service providers,” and the ZummTV Entities (UVConn, DHE Boss, and ZummTV) have engaged in unlawful conduct. According to the plaintiffs, the individual defendants commingled assets among the ZummTV Entities in an effort to purportedly defraud the plaintiffs, while also transferring “valuable assets, property, rights and/or interests” to the individual defendants “without adequate consideration”; the individual defendants “drained the ZummTV Entities of substantial sums of money” and “failed to follow the formalities of corporate existence.”