Federal Communications Commission DA 12-52
 
REDACTED VERSION
Before the 
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
DISH Network L.L.C.,
Complainant,
v. 
The Madison Square Garden Company and
MSG Holdings, L.P.,
Defendants.
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File No. CSR-8367-P
ORDER
Adopted:  January 17, 2012 Released:  January 17, 2012
By the Chief, Media Bureau:
1. On September 16, 2010, DISH Network L.L.C. (“DISH”) filed a program access 
complaint against The Madison Square Garden Company and MSG Holdings, L.P. (collectively, 
“Defendants”).1 On May 6, 2011, the Media Bureau issued an Order dismissing one count in the 
complaint and directing DISH and Defendants to each elect whether they intend to engage in discovery 
with respect to the remaining counts.2 On May 16, 2011, DISH and Defendants each submitted discovery 
requests.3 On August 19, 2011, DISH and Defendants filed a joint submission describing the discovery 
matters on which the parties had reached agreement.4  
2. In their discovery request, Defendants seek, among other things, certain affiliation 
agreements DISH has entered into with regional sports networks.  We hereby order that DISH disclose to 
Defendants’ outside counsel the affiliation agreements dated October 29, 2010, and October 1, 2004, 
governing DISH’s carriage of the regional sports networks [REDACTED].  The disclosure of the 
Agreements shall be governed by the Protective Order dated October 29, 2010, and shall be deemed 
Highly Confidential Information for “Outside Counsel’s Eyes Only.”5  
  
1 See DISH Network L.L.C., Program Access Complaint, File No. CSR-8367-P (filed Sept. 16, 2010).  The 
complaint was filed against Madison Square Garden, Inc. and Madison Square Garden L.P., which have changed 
their names since the filing of the complaint to The Madison Square Garden Company and MSG Holdings, L.P., 
respectively.
2 See DISH Network L.L.C. v. Madison Square Garden, Inc. et al., Order, 26 FCC Rcd 6729, 6731, ¶ 7 and 6733, ¶ 
11 (MB 2011). 
3 See DISH Network L.L.C., Discovery Request, File No. CSR-8367-P (filed May 16, 2011); Defendants, First Set 
of Requests for the Production of Documents, File No. CSR-8367-P (filed May 16, 2011).
4 See Joint Submission Regarding Discovery, File No. CSR-8367-P (filed Aug. 19, 2011).
5 See DISH Network L.L.C. v. Madison Square Garden, Inc. et al., Order, 25 FCC Rcd 15227 (MB 2010) (adopting 
protective order).
Federal Communications Commission DA 12-52
 
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3. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Sections 4(i), 4(j), and 628 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 154(i), 154(j), and 548, and Sections 76.7(f) and 
76.1000-76.1003 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 76.7(f) and 76.1000-76.1003, DISH disclose to 
Defendants’ outside counsel the Agreements as set forth above.    
4. This action is taken pursuant to authority delegated by Section 0.283 of the 
Commission’s rules.6
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
William T. Lake
Chief, Media Bureau
  
6 47 C.F.R. § 0.283.