Sep
18
ABC Loses First Crack at Halting Dish’s AutoHop
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Dish Network has claimed another early court victory for its AutoHop technology, which makes it easy for subscribers to automatically skip over many commercials. But how it will all finally shake out remains unclear.
The Dish win came Wednesday when a federal judge in New York denied ABC’s motion for a preliminary injunction to stop the service. But U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain also dismissed Dish’s motion to deny CBS’ attempt to unwind its retransmission agreement.
Dish’s AutoHop allows users to automatically record prime-time programming from broadcast channels and omit the commercials during playback.
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