There’s nothing wrong with advertising per se, but I find the broadcaster’s posturing around DISH’s recent feature enabling automatic commercial skipping for Primetime TV highly objectionable. While DISH has deep pockets, and the pugnacity to put up a good fight, it shouldn’t have to go it alone – with Public Knowledge starting up a campaign to lend us a voice […]
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So if your first thought was: “How can they get away with that?” when you saw the Dish commercial skip announcement, it seems the answer is going to be: “Not easily”. We 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 […]
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I’ll forgive you if you need a few minutes to check for flying pigs (I certainly did) after discovering that a major MSO has enabled [limited] automatic commercial skipping on their best DVR. Now it’s not quite the same as we in the HTPC community have grown accustomed to since it only applies to PrimeTime Anytime content viewed after 1AM […]
Read moreI always thought that Lifextender was a little tongue-in-cheek, but now there are studies which prove it actually does what it says! The summary is that After 25, After Every Hour Of TV Watched, Lifespan Drops By 22 Minutes. Now, knowing that 15 minutes of every TV hour is commercials, skipping commercials thus increases your lifespan by 5.5 minutes. So […]
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