Dish Network

Three Dish Network satellite dishes are shown at an apartment complex in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011.

(Paul Sakuma | The Associated Press)

The Federal Trade Commission cited the Dish Network for more than 57 million telemarketing violations, including calling Americans on the Do-Not-Call list.

CBS reports the FTC found the satellite TV company liable in a partial summary judgment released Wednesday, though it didn't say what penalties may be issued. The penalty for violating the Telemarketing Sales Rule is up to $16,000 -- per instance.

According to Deadline, Judge Sue Myerscough with the U.S. District Court in Illinois made the ruling last month on the 2009 complaint filed by the Justice Department. The complaint says 6.8 million calls were made to people on the national Do Not Call registry and another 1 million calls went to Dish's own do-not-call list.

The FTC says some people who were called responded by specifically asking Dish to stop contacting them and still received more calls, according to The Daily Beast.

Deadline reports the complaint also included 49.7 million "abandoned calls," in which telemarketers didn't connect targets to sales rep within two seconds of the person answering saying "hello."

The states of California, Illinois, Ohio, and North Carolina are joining the federal government in charging Dish.

A trial is set for July in Illinois. Dish says it will challenge the ruling.