CES 2013: Did CBS Remove Dish’s Hopper from CNET’s ‘Best Of’?
Shelly Palmer
The Internet’s leading technology site removed the Dish Hopper from consideration as one of CNET’s “Best of CES” products, citing litigation involving its corporate parent, CBS Corp. CNET had posted a review of the new Dish Hopper with Sling digital video recorder, unveiled earlier this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, under a headline that described it as a gadget that “almost has it all.” The device, which allows consumers to record shows, skip commercials and watch live or recorded programs on their Internet-connected tablets, smartphones and PCs, was named by the tech site as one of the best of show. CBS Interactive issued a statement that the Dish device had been removed from consideration because of the ongoing lawsuit. CBS and two other broadcasters, Fox and NBC, allege that Dish Hopper’s “AutoHop” feature, which identifies the commercial breaks within recordings of network shows and automatically skips them during playback, violates copyright laws.
