Remember how Dish Network’s Hopper lets its customers skip -- in mass -- prime-time commercials from the four broadcast networks? Other companies, like Apple, could be looking to make hay in this area ...

Fans of the Tablo over-the-air DVR can look forward to its commercial skip feature coming to the iOS and Android apps. This will allow Tablo users to record shows off their local airwaves, then watch ...

AOL Time Warner will not include a so-called "ad-skip" button in new set top boxes that include Personal Video Recorder (PVR) capability, according to Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt. Time Warner ...

Life in the modern day world has boiled down to technicalities. You can skip commercials with your Comcast DVR, but you can't with your DISH DVR simply because there's a dedicated button for it.

Above: Dish Network complained that CBS denied CNET its editorial independence when it asked the site not to award the Best of CES prize to the Hopper with Sling DVR, which allows ad-skipping. While ...