Is AutoHop an improvement of existing technology for the convenience of television viewers, or is it an assault on broadcast television’s business model? In the course of the discussion on the topic, ...

21st Century Fox -- the last of three major media companies with legal proceedings against Dish’s automated TV commercial-skipping function, AutoHop -- has settled with the satellite pay TV provider.

A major component of the CBS/Dish Network carriage agreement struck over the weekend comes with a deal over Dish’s mass commercial-skipping device, AutoHop. For CBS, the agreement means the ...

Walt Disney Co. and satellite TV provider Dish Network have signed a new long-term distribution deal that includes an agreement for Dish to disable its controversial ad-skipping feature for ABC ...

LOS ANGELES, Nov 7 (Reuters) - A judge in Los Angeles has rejected a bid by Fox Broadcasting Company to block Dish Network's AutoHop feature that allows users to skip commercials, Dish said on ...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected Twenty-First Century Fox’s effort to stop Dish Network from selling its AutoHop service (part of “The Hopper”) that let viewers skip over commercials ...