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Dish Network Angers Broadcast TV Executives With Commercial Skipping Feature
gadgetell.com 1 week, 3 days agoDish Network announced a new feature in their latest equipment that will automatically record every primetime show and keep it for up to a week. This seemed like a great idea for broadcast networks, since it allows people to watch shows they didn’t catch live or set to record on their DVRs , until they revealed Auto Hop, a feature that will automatically skip the all the commercials. The top executives at CBS, NBC and FOX spoke about this feature at last week’s upfronts presentation in New York. “How does C
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Broadcast TV Networks, Dish Network File Lawsuits Over New Auto Hop Ad Skipping Feature
engadget.com 4 days, 16 hours agoDish Network shocked us just a couple of weeks ago by upgrading its new Hopper DVRs with "Auto Hop" ad skipping that targeted prime time programming on broadcast TV captured via its PrimeTime Anytime feature, and predictably, the networks aren't happy. After several executives took shots at the service during upfronts for the new fall programming in the past few weeks, Fox has filed suit in US District Court, while Dish Network responded with its own request for a court order specifying that it does not inf

















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