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    CBS Seeks to Unwind Retrans Agreement With Dish Network

    People are going to favor whatever is cheaper for them to get the channel they like the best, just as they do now with choosing the packages they like the best. Metering already exists for example in channels like Playboy which can be ordered for blocks of several hours at a time. Of course that...
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    CBS Seeks to Unwind Retrans Agreement With Dish Network

    Business models need to change and keep up with the technology. Even if CBS wins the lawsuit we are not that far off from the age when people are going to be writing scripts and basically building their own DVRs with simple computer design apps. Technology changes rapidly. They should seriously...
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    CBS Seeks to Unwind Retrans Agreement With Dish Network

    There are reasonable ways around this. Most people already skip past commercials. All the networks have to do is insert POP-UP ads into the programming much the same way they currently do with permoting other shows. Instead of the "Up Next: CSI" animation, you will see the Coke bears running...
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    Crossing the border with newly purchased equipment

    BEWARE! This past year I was crossing the US/Canadian border at the NY/Ontario border while coming back with a 100% legit Shaw Direct receiver that I had purchased from a retail store (not a shady broker or anything). After I did nothing more than explain to them that I was merely shopping and...
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    Shaw Direct HDPVR 530 with one line to dish?

    Will an HDPVR 530 from Shaw Direct work with only one line to the dish instead of two? The reason I ask is that I don't really need the 'duel tuner' and I'd hate to have to crawl up on this filthy rusty roof again to run another line. Thanks, all.
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