http://deadline.com/2016/02/fox-dis...pping-autohop-dispute-7-day-delay-1201700600/
Just saw this come through
Just saw this come through
Dish/Fox Resolve Dispute
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How long will it take before this happens with all four networks?
Kind of knew this was coming shortly as DISH is planning on lighting up two new Fox HD channels in a few weeks. 
ABC must feel like a fool now, only getting a 3-day wait for Autohop. Once Dish agreed to even that timeframe, Autohop being available within 24 hours was on it's way out.... CBS got 7 days and now FOX did. Dish may as well add that provision into the "offer" to NBC now.
hey scott this is news to me is the dispute over with or are they still talking thanksKind of knew this was coming shortly as DISH is planning on lighting up two new Fox HD channels in a few weeks.
It's a cool feature but it is far down on my list of features I actually use. I would make a bigger difference if I watched the network channels more.
I guess I'll just start watching my network programs 1 week behind. Not that big of a deal but this sucks!
30-second skip still works just fine.
yeah - 3 days was "handwriting on the wall" - whether or not we realized it back then.
Guess they better add a few more days before it automatically deletes on PTA.
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The networks don't care if viewers manually skip commercials. All that matters is Nielsen rating numbers so if you watch a program within 6 days of it's original airing, they get "credit" for counting you as a viewer, which a network then uses to determine advertising rates. They don't know, nor care, if you skipped commercials. The advertisers don't know either.
With Autohop in place, an advertiser like Doritos, McDonalds, etc could negotiate with a network and say "subtract half of your viewers that come from Dish Network" because they can presume that a substantial number of customers may not or will not see the ads that they paid for.
With Autohop in place, an advertiser like Doritos, McDonalds, etc could negotiate with a network and say "subtract half of your viewers that come from Dish Network" because they can presume that a substantial number of customers may not or will not see the ads that they paid for.
