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Dish Network Angers Broadcast TV Executives With Commercial Skipping Feature
gadgetell.com 1 week 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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NBC Broadcasting Head No Fan Of Dish's Commercial-skipping Device
latimes.com 1 week, 5 days agoNew York -- NBC Broadcasting Chairman Ted Harbert is not a fan of satellite broadcaster Dish Network's new commercial-skipping device, the Auto Hop, which automatically deletes commercials from recorded prime-time programming from the four big broadcast networks. "I think this is an attack on our eco-system," Harbert said on NBC's conference call announcing the network's 2012-13 prime-time schedule. "I'm not for it." Harbert declined to comment on whether NBC or its parent Comcast Corp. was preparing any so
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