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Dish Network Corp., the Douglas County- based satellite-TV provider that acquired Blockbuster Inc. last month, told NCR Corp. that its contract to license the Blockbuster name on movie-rental kiosks is invalid.
Dish rejected the contract as part of Blockbuster’s court-ordered bankruptcy proceedings and sent NCR a termination letter, expressing its intent on ending the pact, NCR spokesman Jeff Dudash said. NCR disagrees with Dish’s conclusion that the contract is void, and plans to continue to brand its movie kiosks with the Blockbuster Express name, Dudash said.
“There will be legal proceedings to address this that will come up at the end of the month,” Dudash said. No lawsuits have been filed yet by either company.
