"We are pleased by the Court's ruling to impose contempt sanctions of approximately $200 million against EchoStar for its continued violation of a Court-ordered permanent injunction," TiVo said in a statement. Dish and EchoStar, which are sister companies, remain optimistic about the appeals process.

"While we disagree that any amount of sanctions was warranted, the decision confirms our belief that we designed around Tivo's patent in good faith. We believe that we ultimately will prevail on appeal," the companies said in a joint statement. TiVo has largely won the cases held at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, although both sides have scored procedural victories in a parallel intellectual property case looked at in the U.S. Patent Office. A jury granted TiVo $103 million plus interest in June.