Dish Networks locks horns with broadcasters over ad skipping |
- Dish Networks locks horns with broadcasters over ad skipping
- SpaceX Dragon chokes at the last second
- Ten... Qwerty mobiles
- Can SMEs score those big gov contracts?
| Dish Networks locks horns with broadcasters over ad skipping Posted: 19 May 2012 04:00 AM PDT Auto Hop has content industry hopping madIn the latest episode of the US ad-skipping saga, Dish Networks is facing the wrath of broadcasters such as NBC and Fox, but winning praise from customers and no doubt causing a little churn among competitors. That at least is the intention of the Dish PVR ad skipping feature called Auto Hop, with the company gambling that the gain in subscription revenue will make the pain of having to defend a possibly protracted case against it from broadcasters worthwhile.… |
| SpaceX Dragon chokes at the last second Posted: 19 May 2012 02:31 AM PDT Computer said no: New attempt expected on TuesdayThe Falcon 9 rocket from private space company SpaceX, intended to launch this morning and send a Dragon capsule loaded with supplies to the International Space Station, has failed to take off. The rocket's computer aborted the launch automatically at almost the final possible moment, when its engines had already ignited but the vehicle had not yet been released from the pad.… |
| Posted: 19 May 2012 12:00 AM PDT Pushy typesProduct round-up As the speedy texter generation grows longer in the Bluetooth and touchscreen technologies improve, the range of Qwerty phones on offer gets smaller by the day. But for many, they wouldn't use anything else. Indeed, for RIM, Qwerty keys have been the hallmark of it BlackBerry handsets.… |
| Can SMEs score those big gov contracts? Posted: 18 May 2012 04:00 AM PDT Public sector doesn't make it easy for smaller suppliersThe UK public sector spends £230bn on goods and services a year, roughly 15 per cent of the UK economy and £1 for every £7 spent in Britain. The procurement of these goods and services is a massively complex undertaking, fraught with inefficiency accumulated over successive governments.… |
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1 comments:
I’ve been praising the new Auto Hop feature since I found out about it from one of my co-workers at Dish. Now we have a choice of whether or not to watch our PrimeTime Anytime recordings commercial free. I can finally have a choice to enjoy pure TV without interruptions.
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