Dish Network subscribers won’t be able to use their Hopper DVRs anymore to automatically skip past ads on new shows that air on Fox owned or affiliated stations.

The companies just settled their multi-year legal dispute over the technology. And as a part of that deal the “AutoHop commercial-skipping functionality will…

That was fast: About 12 hours after going dark on Dish Network, CBS-owned stations are back on as the companies disclosed that they’ve reached a multi-year deal covering carriage payments, streaming rights, and their dispute over Dish’s ad-zapping Hopper DVR. The satellite company says that it will disable the…

Fox once again failed to persuade a court to stop the No. 2 satellite company from helping its subscribers stream TV shows from their home DVRs.  The U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld a 2013 District Court decision that rejected Fox’s motion for a preliminary injunction while it debates whether it’s legal f…

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The CBS chief is taking Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen at his word after he said this week that there’s a way for broadcasters to benefit from his Hopper DVR, which automatically zaps ads on recorded shows. <img class="alignright size-200px wp-image-489130" title="Les Moonves headshot" src="https://s0.wp.com/wp-co…

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21st Century Fox had hoped to persuade a federal appeals court in LA to overturn a decision that allowed Dish Network to keep selling its Hopper DVR while the companies battle over Fox’s claim that it infringes on its copyrights and breaches contracts. <img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-419352" title="hopperdvr…

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