Ohio Satellite TV Tax Update

In response to the Ohio Supreme Court's decision upholding the discriminatory tax on satellite TV subscribers, we filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court on April 27, 2011. We are confident of our chances given the important issues in the case, the differing approaches taken by various state and circuit courts on those issues, and the strong and well-reasoned dissenting opinion of two Ohio Supreme Court justices. Over the last two years, the cable industry has been on a lobbying blitz trying to convince state legislatures to impose discriminatory taxes on its main competitor, satellite TV. The vast majority of state legislatures have rejected these discriminatory tax proposals.