Overview

• Filed Sept. 3 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, the complaint targets Fox Corp. and Fox News and seeks a jury trial, unspecified damages, and a permanent injunction.
• Newsmax alleges Fox used no‑carry provisions, financial penalties linked to carriage of Fox’s other channels, and other contractual barriers to exclude or marginalize competing right‑leaning networks.
• The lawsuit invokes internal Fox communications disclosed in Dominion Voting Systems litigation to argue Fox viewed Newsmax as a competitive threat.
• Newsmax says Fox’s leverage with pay‑TV distributors and vMVPDs constrained its placement on platforms such as Hulu + Live TV, Sling, and Fubo, resulting in lost advertising and lower license fees.
• Fox News denies the allegations, saying "Newsmax cannot sue their way out of their own competitive failures," and the case remains at an initial stage with no court rulings reported.