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Dish: CBS Demanded Big Bang’s Kaley Cuoco Remove Hopper Tweet

Convergent TV

Never missing an opportunity to slam broadcasters in order to promote the Hopper, Dish lashed out Thursday at CBS for demanding that The Big Bang Theory's Kaley Cuoco remove from [...]


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CBS’ Hopper Award Knock Could Set Back Media Ownership Rules

Performance Marketing

When CBS torpedoed CNET's planned "best of show" award for Dish's Hopper, it may have also blown to bits broadcasters' best chance for looser media ownership rules at the Federal [...]

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The Politics of Retrans

Convergent TV

Make no mistake. The debate in Washington over the cause and remedy for the blackouts of TV stations on cable or satellite is more political posturing than anything else. 

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Viacom Networks Set to Go Dark on DirecTV Tonight at Midnight

Convergent TV

The staring contest between Viacom and DirecTV will end, one way or another, at midnight tonight: the network conglomerate posted on its blog this afternoon that it was ready for [...]

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AutoHop Case Will Hop to California

Performance Marketing

A federal judge in New York gave broadcasters their first win in the legal battle over Dish Network's AutoHop service by ruling that the case should be tried in California [...]