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 dispute c ...
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TV Networks Say You're Breaking The Law When You Skip Commercials

Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation

Television networks are having a busy month trying to stamp out new TV-watching technology, including telling a court that skipping a commercial while watching a recorded show is illegal. Yesterday, Fox , NB ...
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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, whi ...
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Analyst: Auto Hop Flap Much Ado About Nothing

Source: AdWeek

A week after the broadcast networks warned that they would not tolerate Dish Network’s commercial-blasting technology, Fox, NBC and CBS today separately filed suit to block the service. And while the math suggests that TV’s reaction may be a ...
Full article at: AdWeek  More like this  2 days ago, 6:46pm CDT

Broadcast TV networks, Dish Network file lawsuits over new Auto Hop ad skipping feature

Source: Engadget

Dish 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 pr ...
Full article at: Engadget  More like this  2 days ago, 5:28pm CDT

Fox, NBC, & CBS Object To Commercial Skip, Sue DISH Network

Source: Zatz Not Funny!

[Fox] were given no choice but to file suit against one of our largest distributors, DISH Network, because of their surprising move to market a product with the clear goal of violating copyrights and destroying the fundamental underpinnings of the ...
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Imprisoning the consumer behind a digital firewall

Source: The Hindu

By introducing Digital Rights Management, the amended Copyright Act could compromise the legitimate rights of customers and stifle innovation The Lok Sabha passed the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2012 on T ...
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DISH Rolls Out International Streaming Video Channels On Roku For $19.99 A Month

Source: TechCrunch

DISHWorld is made up of a series of international video channels from and makes them available on Roku for as little as $19.99 a month. The service allows DISH to take a bunch of content that doesn’t usually ha ...
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Dish vs. TV Networks: Attorneys Readying Showdown Over Auto Hop

Source: Hollywood Reporter

Attorneys are lining up to represent TV broadcasters in what most believe is an inevitable legal showdown with Dish Network over Auto Hop, the satellite provider's new device that lets subscribers watch programming without commercials ...
Full article at: Hollywood Reporter  More like this  3 days ago, 8:18am CDT