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

Another controversy is used to promote ad skipper

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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 Twitter a Sponsored Tweet endorsing Dish's Hopper Whole-Home HD DVR.  

CBS and the other TV networks are at war with Dish over the Hopper, which lets viewers play back prime-time programming without any commercials. Claiming copyright infringement, all four nets have ongoing lawsuits with Dish. The nets have also refused to air any ads for the Hopper.

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