In Re Autohop Litigation

  1. March 04, 2014

    Dish, ABC Settle Ad-Skipping Fight With Broad TV Deal

    Dish Network Corp. and ABC-parent the Walt Disney Co. reached an agreement late Monday to settle their portion of long-running litigation over Dish's ad-skipping DVR service, part of a broader, long-term carriage deal between the two companies.

  2. February 20, 2014

    Dish's Hopper Chooses Content For Viewers, 2nd Circ. Hears

    Attorneys for ABC Inc. urged the Second Circuit on Thursday to reverse a lower judge and shut down Dish Network Corp.'s ad-skipping and auto-recording DVR service, telling the appeals court that Dish wasn't "agnostic" on the recording activities of its subscribers.

  3. January 21, 2014

    Dish Likens ABC's DVR War To High Court Ruling Over VCRs

    Dish Network LLC on Friday pushed the Second Circuit to deny American Broadcasting Companies Inc.'s attempt to halt Dish's ad-skipping DVR service, arguing that the U.S. Supreme Court previously allowed consumers to tape television broadcasts with VCRs, which also had fast-forward capabilities.

  4. November 20, 2013

    ABC Urges 2nd Circ. To Shut Down Dish's 'Hopper' DVR

    ABC Inc. pressed the Second Circuit on Wednesday to shut down Dish Network Corp.'s ad-skipping DVR service called the Hopper, saying a lower court ruling that allowed it to keep operating rode roughshod over copyright case law.

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