limited liability company industry telecommunications founded 1980 founder robert johnson sr. defunct january 2014 headquarters naples florida key people robert johnson jr. ceo products iptv services website skyangel.com sky angel owns and operates three television networks that are broadcast exclusively on the dish network satellite television platform angel one is the name of their flagship channel and it features a wide variety of judeo christian ministry programs and personalities such as joyce meyer james robinson and jim bakker . angel two is sky angel s christian lifestyle channel and it features a wide variety of programs to choose from including classic television shows such as lassie the roy rogers show and the lone ranger as well as lifestyle programming including eye on gardening faithful workouts and spiritual outdoor adventures . ktv kids & teens television . sky angel also owns and operates a tv network for that s geared towards kids and teens called ktv . the channel features entertainment and religious educational programming intended for viewing by children from toddlers to teens and includes cartoons animated shows talk shows christian music videos dramas and musicals as well as shows centered on creationism and social issues and health and fitness . it is important to note that sky angel also operated several multichannel television services . sky angel was originally established as a multichannel satellite television service and aired for the first time in 1996 then migrated to an over the top internet television service called sky angel iptv in february 2007 . before suspending operation of the multichannel tv services sky angel launched it s global streaming television platform sky angel webtv in 2011 . the sky angel iptv service offered several packages of christian radio and television networks along with other channels which it deemed to be family friendly programming . their webtv service was available worldwide and could be accessed on a personal computer on the roku platform as well as the ipad and featured over 35 christian tv and radio channels . the company s corporate headquarters are located in naples florida . 1 the company also operates a chattanooga tennessee location where programming engineering and network operations reside . 2 contents 1 history 2 programming and services 3 carriage disputes 4 see also 5 notes 6 external links history edit sky angel was formed in 1980 by robert johnson sr. who aimed to create a faith oriented television service that would be free of the objectionable content he had found on television . johnson obtained an allocation of 8 direct broadcast satellite frequencies for the service and reached a deal with dish network to use space on its echostar iii satellite . sky angel s lineup would consist primarily of religious networks along with other contemporary television networks which the service considers to be family oriented . carrying around 30 channels in its lineup sky angel reached around 115 000 subscribers mostly within the central united states . 1 2 3 after the company passed on investing close to 400 million in manufacturing a replacement for the aging echostar iii satellite sky angel partnered with neulion in 2007 to develop a new over the top iptv based platform for the service . the new iptv service would offer additional features such as an increased channel capacity support for dvrs and the ability for sky angel to offer internet and mobile television services in the future . 2 3 in september 2012 sky angel launched its sky angel 2.0 platform offering a traditional set top box based service of religious channels and faith everywhere which adds web streaming of its lineup through an ipad app . sky angel also introduced a new spin off service known as fave tv family and values entertainment a non religious service which aims to carry mainstream and family friendly television channels . 2 4 in june 2013 the faith everywhere service became available through an app for roku streaming players . in fall 2013 sky angel announced it would no longer offer service on roku effective november 1 2013 . 5 sky angel suspended its television services on january 14 2014 ; in an fcc complaint the company detailed that it had been unable to offer a competitive service to its subscribers because content providers in particular discovery communications terminated its programming to the service due to a competitive service wanting the same internet rights sky angel had . sky angel filed a breach of contract suit in january 2013 . 6 7 programming and services edit sky angel previously offered two programming packages for its iptv service the base faith package which consisted of primarily faith based broadcasters including various evangelical protestant and roman catholic broadcasters and accompanying video on demand services 8 while the family values pack added a selection of general entertainment sports and specialty channels . sky angel also offered a subscription webtv package which includes a selection of around 35 of the service s faith based channels available for live streaming on the sky angel website along with video on demand content . 9 with the launch of the sky angel 2.0 platform in 2012 the packages were changed to faith tv which offers sky angel s religious oriented channels through a set top box and faith everywhere which adds access to the channels through the sky angel website and apps . concurrently sky angel spun off its non denominational channels into a new service known as fave tv family and values entertainment . 4 carriage disputes edit sky angel s switch to an over the top iptv service led to several major carriage disputes which led to concerns over the definition of sky angel s service under the regulations of the federal communications commission fcc . in 2009 c span was pulled from sky angel after being on its iptv service for 2 days . in november 2012 sky angel filed an antitrust lawsuit against the network claiming that its owners a consortium of major television providers pulled its programming from sky angel to put the service at a disadvantage against its conventional rivals . 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 . c span denied sky angel s arguments and claimed the removal was for contractual reasons relating to iptv . sky angel in its filing with the court showed that cspan was already streaming its channels over the web to the public free of charge . 10 in april 2010 discovery communications announced that it would pull its channels from sky angel in response to unspecified concerns surrounding how its programming was delivered . in response sky angel filed a program access complaint with the federal communications commission alleging that discovery was discriminating against the service by allowing other major cable providers to offer access to its programming over the internet either through a tv everywhere service or through dish network s slingbox based set top boxes . the fcc denied sky angel s request for a standstill on the case but the fcc media bureau began to dispute whether sky angel qualified as a multichannel video programming distributor mvpd under the regulations because it does not have a physical transmission path in its infrastructure . the commission along with allies such as google acknowledged that making any ruling on whether an over the top service qualifies as an mvpd may have a major effect on the internet video industry as a whole . 2 11 12 13 see also edit christian media notes edit a b christ centered iptv service to offer nfl network . retrieved 2008 01 20 . a b c d e the tiny tv broadcaster that cable and internet giants are trying to kill . forbes . retrieved 27 august 2013 . a b sky angel to spread iptv wings via neulion . multichannel news . retrieved 2008 01 20 . a b sky angel launches sky angel 2.0 and creates new television service fave tv with the help of neulion s tv everywhere technology . neulion press release . retrieved 30 march 2013 . sky angel s faith everywhere package runs 14.95 per month on the streaming platform . multichannel news . retrieved 26 august 2013 . template cite http 41 . media.tumblr.com c12cfee615b70e279c8a88825e94ea00 tumblr n7zob2g2811t8mvuoo1 500 . jpgweb fcc launches effort to help online video providers compete with cable guys . re code . vox media . retrieved 2 december 2015 . sky angel iptv service includes five catholic channels . retrieved 2008 04 06 . sky angel faq . retrieved 2008 01 20 . court dismisses sky angel suit against c span . multichannel news . retrieved 26 august 2013 . sky angel files program access complaint against discovery . multichannel news . retrieved 27 august 2013 . bedeviled by sky angel decision . multichannel news . retrieved 27 august 2013 . fear and loathing over the 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