No hopping in CBS locals

[wpbear]

Just started this Sunday. All local CBS shows have no hopping. NBC, ABC, FOX still work. What happened?

 

[KAB]

Was part of the Dish/CBS negotiations several months ago. 7 day wait for autohop.
EDIT: November.

 

[dare2be]

Except we were all expecting it to just be on O&O stations.

 

[thomasjk]

When the contract was announced it was clear that it was all CBS stations.

 

[Claude Greiner]

Kind of makes the hopper seem useless when it comes to auto hop

 

[Claude Greiner]

Instead of 7 days they should have negotiated a fee to opt in early

 

[wpbear]

Oh well, just another reason to cut the cord. This is my last month on contract.

 

[ChadT41]

Kind of makes the hopper seem useless when it comes to auto hop

Except only CBS is affected by the 7 day window. O&O ABc only has a 3 day window, and NBC and Fox have next day. Still entirely relevant to many. Especially on Sunday's, Monday's, Thursday's. The top three days for prime time programming.

 

[the mack]

Kind of makes the hopper seem useless when it comes to auto hop

Kinda like you in the dish forum. lmao( really cuz I am wakin' and bakin")

 

[bobvick]

I bet if DirecTV had a Genie variant of Auto-hop, Claude might have a different take on it

 

[KAB]

I bet if DirecTV had a Genie variant of Auto-hop, Claude might have a different take on it

The buzz is they have their own version, but have been waiting to see what happens to the Hopper.

 

[rvvaquero]

When you push the skip/fwd button, how many seconds does it skip?

 

[thomasjk]

30

 

[ChadT41]

30 seconds forward, 10 seconds backwards.

 

[n0qcu]

So the average comercial break is usualy 6 presses.


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[thomasjk]

I sometimes need up to 10 presses.

 

[ChadT41]

Each show and break is different. Some will be 2:30 long, some will be 4-5 minutes long.

 

[rvvaquero]

30

30 seconds forward, 10 seconds backwards.

Thanks.

 

[seminole2001]

Time to make the ptat buffer 14 days.

 

[KAB]

Each show and break is different. Some will be 2:30 long, some will be 4-5 minutes long.

Yep.