Commercial Skipping

May 31 2012

News - Public Knowledge - Tell Old Media to Keep Their Hands Out of Your DVR

By Andrew Van Til

Public Knowledge

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 against these audacious claims.

May 25 2012

News - Fox files suit against Dish for AutoHop

By Mike Patnode

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 goal of violating copyrights and destroying the fundamental underpinnings of the broadcast television ecosystem.

The LA Times

Perhaps all the Comskip developers will soon need to sublease some office space from Slysoft.  Smile

May 10 2012

News - DISH Adds Automated Commercial Skipping “Auto Hop” Feature To Hopper DVRs

By Andrew Van Til

Dish Network

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 ET, but it is a HUGE step towards actually providing useful features to their customers.

Aug 17 2011

News - Proof Commercial Skipping Saves Lives!

By Mike Patnode

I 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 for every 261 hours of commercial free TV you watch, you gain back a day in your lifetime!

Although the study doesn't cover this, I strongly suspect the commercials are far more deadly than the actual content, thus the benefits may be even higher! Unless perhaps you're watching "Jersey Shore...

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