A U.S. court rejects 21st Century Fox's appeal against Dish Network over the ad-skipping technology. July 24, 2013 8:53 AM PDT Dish's Auto Hop enable screen. (Credit: Dish) A federal appeals court Wednesday denied broadcaster 21st Century Fox's appeal to halt Dish Network Corp.'s Hopper ad-skipping service. According to an opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth District, a panel of the court affirmed a lower Los Angeles court's decision denying a preliminary injunction against the feature, agreeing the lower court did right in saying Fox ailed to show its copyright-infringement and breach of contract claims were likely to succeed. Related stories Dish hands over Hopper DVR to mobile-app developers T-Mobile CEO: I'm open to deals with Dish, Sprint Clearwire shareholders approve Sprint takeover Softbank said to win FCC approval for Sprint deal Flying Southwest with your iPad? Watch Dish for free In addition to Fox, CBS (the parent company of CNET) and other broadcasters have filed separate suits against Dish over its AutoHop feature. So far the court has not prevented Dish from selling the product. In August 2012, Fox filed for a preliminary injunction against the Hopper, but in November, a California district court denied its request to block it. Fox appealed, but with Wednesday's decision the case will proceed with Hopper still up and running. The networks say the ad-skipping feature threatens to will destroy the advertising system that supports their content and that Dish doesn't have the right to tamper with advertising from broadcast replays for its own economic and commercial advantage. Dish has argued that consumers have the right to privately watch shows anywhere, anytime. Via Reuters.
A U.S. court rejects 21st Century Fox's appeal against Dish Network over the ad-skipping technology.
Dish's Auto Hop enable screen.
(Credit: Dish)
A federal appeals court Wednesday denied broadcaster 21st Century Fox's appeal to halt Dish Network Corp.'s Hopper ad-skipping service.
According to an opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth District, a panel of the court affirmed a lower Los Angeles court's decision denying a preliminary injunction against the feature, agreeing the lower court did right in saying Fox ailed to show its copyright-infringement and breach of contract claims were likely to succeed.
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In addition to Fox, CBS (the parent company of CNET) and other broadcasters have filed separate suits against Dish over its AutoHop feature.
So far the court has not prevented Dish from selling the product. In August 2012, Fox filed for a preliminary injunction against the Hopper, but in November, a California district court denied its request to block it. Fox appealed, but with Wednesday's decision the case will proceed with Hopper still up and running.
The networks say the ad-skipping feature threatens to will destroy the advertising system that supports their content and that Dish doesn't have the right to tamper with advertising from broadcast replays for its own economic and commercial advantage.
Dish has argued that consumers have the right to privately watch shows anywhere, anytime.
Via Reuters.
