Dish Network’s president Charlie Ergen said he is hopeful that despite ongoing ‘AutoHop’ litigation with some network broadcasters, the upcoming Disney contract negotiations would go smoothly. “Obviously we’re a very large customer of Disney, and our checks are pretty big. We have negotiations every year with major programmers. Some that we’re in litigation with, while […]
Rentrak, a company that precisely measures movies and TV everywhere, announced the release of Total Audience Viewing which combines DVR and VoD viewership information with that of the live TV audience. Previously, no report has shown the total audience viewing lift of programme audiences over a month period of time (28 days). With the new […]
DVR specialist TiVo has entered into a partnership with Flingo, a provider of Smart TV applications and TV platform technologies. The partnership will help TiVo to gain access to several TV applications and video contents. By integrating Flingo applications into TiVo set-top boxes, TiVo will now be able to stream video content from TMZ, A&E, […]
CBS CEO Les Moonves has placed his cards on the table as far as Dish Network’s automatic ad-skipping technology is concerned. In court papers filed in the dispute between the network and Dish, Moonves says that Dish has two options: either close down the AutoHop functionality for Dish DVR users, or else pay CBS an […]
Charlie Ergen’s pay-TV operation Dish Network has launched a nationwide “multi-million dollar” US television, radio and print campaign designed to build awareness for its ‘Hopper’ ad-skipping device with a built in Sling-player. Dish say that the new device, which received the ‘Best of Show’ award at January’s Consumer Electronics Show, is capable of recording up […]
Nearly a quarter of high-definition television (HDTV) owners in the US (22 per cent) purchased their televisions for the specific purpose of watching the Super Bowl, according to the forthcoming Sports and Technology Study V by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). No other sporting event comes close to prompting that many purchases of HDTVs. Accordingly, […]
Dish Network is still arguing the merits of its controversial ‘Dish Hopper’ DVR ad-skipping technology before a US appeals court. In particular, network broadcaster Fox is arguing that the technology infringes Fox’s broadcasting copyrights. Last year Fox was denied a preliminary injunction which would have forced Dish Network to disable its ‘Hopper’ service. Three weeks […]
PVR supplier TiVo has won support from another pair of hedge fund investors. The market speculation is that while TiVo is on a financial roll, winning new subscribers and a steady stream of patent litigation battles, the two new backers are hedging their bets and anticipating a buyout from a richer player. The names, billionaire […]
Aston, the benchmark player on the international digital TV market, is taking part in the CSTB exhibition (to be held in Moscow from 29 to 31 January) for the second year in a row. Through its presence at this exhibition, more than ever Aston is asserting its determination to pursue its development in Eastern Europe […]
Consumers are using the built-in features on their HDTV at a high rate, with an increasing number gaining access to Web-enabled content directly through their televisions, according to research by The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). More than one in five US adults owns a smart app-enabled HDTV and almost all (90 per cent) use the […]