Dish's DVR 'ad zapper' has TV networks crying foul

Source: Tulsa World

The Dish Network, which has offered its new Auto Hop feature on new digital video recorders since March, said it believes that people who buy the machine are watching more network television than they had before. The Auto ...
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Networks' fight with Dish over ad-skipping has huge implications

Source: Los Angeles Times

The major broadcast networks’ legal skirmish with satellite television service Dish Network over its new ad-skipping device is shaping up to be a titanic struggle with enormous implications. The outcome of their high-profile dis ...
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Dish Network's AutoHop ad-skipping feature sparks lawsuits

Source: Contra Costa Times

market a product with the clear goal of violating copyrights and destroying the fundamental underpinnings of the broadcast television ecosystem," Fox said in a statement. Fox Broadcasting, NBCUniversal and CBS have sued Dish Network to try to ...
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Dish Hops Into Battle With the Broadcasters

Source: Wall Street Journal

By Miriam Gottfried A new ad-skipping feature of Dish Network's digital video recorders has sent the broadcast-television industry into a tizzy. But the dispute raging over the technology may end up being little more than static.Auto Hop, w ...
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Dish Hops Into Battle With the Broadcasters

Source: Wall Street Journal

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Fox sues Dish over commercial skipping, claims copyright infringement

Source: Boing Boing

Dish Networks, the satellite TV provider, is being sued by Fox over its "AutoHop" feature, which automatically skips commercials. Fox alleges copyright infringement, which is a repeat of the claims over ReplayTV, which was ban ...
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Source: Society of Professional Journalists

Times-Picayune Confirms Staff Cuts And Three-Day-A-Week Print Schedule (NYT / Media Decoder) The Times-Picayune newspaper in New Orleans confirmed on Thursday that it would cut back its print publishing schedule to three days a week and lay off an ...
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Ad-skipping device at heart of legal battle between Fox, Dish

Source: Mail Tribune

Fox says device is a threat to free TV LOS ANGELES — Fox Broadcasting Co. has sued Dish Network, becoming the first television network to fire a legal salvo over the satellite company's controversial new ad-skipping device called AutoHop. Dish, meanwhil ...
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