Ad-skippers of the world, rejoice! A New York judge shot down ABC's efforts to get Dish's Hopper — a DVR that lets you automatically skip ads on recorded primetime shows — off the market. The network, ...

The development of consumer-friendly electronics products may be a hallmark of the digital age, but that engineered friendliness is not always appreciated in Hollywood. Last month the maker of ...

One thing I’ve discussed lately is returning to a scrappier kind of cord cutting, which seeks to wrest some leverage away from increasingly consumer-hostile streaming services. To that end, consider ...

It's no secret that network and pay-TV executives are looking for ways to keep you from skipping commercials on your DVR. One oft-proposed solution is an "in-the-cloud" DVR that would let you tee up ...

LOS ANGELES — CBS, Fox and the other TV broadcasters are delivering more shows on demand through pay-TV services to wean audiences off digital video recorders, which let viewers skip through ...

Aug. 5, 2005 — -- TiVo Inc. announced last month that it was adding a feature to its digital video recording devices that will insert advertising symbols into television commercial breaks, even ...

Dish Network, the direct-to-home satellite operator, has introduced a new DVR feature called “Auto Hop.” It allows viewers to skip past commercials in most recorded HD programs shown on ABC, CBS, Fox ...

NEW YORK — More than half of digital video recorder users fast-forwarded through commercials while watching prime-time network fare, according to the first study of how many DVR users actually watch ...

In October, Time Warner is going to start rolling out a new DVR-like service called Look Back—emphasis on the “like,” since it won’t let you fast-forward through commercials and you have to watch a ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Digital video recorder maker TiVo hopes to make a buck out of its customers’ viewing habits, selling the data it collects to broadcasters and advertisers. TiVo will sell ...