Dish Chief: TV Needs to Change - WSJ.com
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On the current dispute with Hoak:
In a rare interview, Mr. Ergen for the first time explained publicly his rationale for introducing the ad-skipping service called Auto Hop last month. The reclusive satellite TV pioneer said the broadcast networks, several of which have sued Dish over the ad-skipping feature and have refused to run Dish ads promoting a Dish digital video recorder, have been "more emotional than realistic."
Article is free to read for now from the Wall Street Journal.
Over four hours last Friday, both at his Englewood, Colo., headquarters and his favorite pancake restaurant nearby (the famously frugal billionaire ate a half stack of buttermilk pancakes, price $2.98), Mr. Ergen mused on the dangers posed to pay TV by cheap online video, his plans for a mobile broadband network and the similarities between business and his favorite games of chance—poker, blackjack and backgammon
On the current dispute with Hoak:
So far, the service has provoked an intense backlash from broadcasters. On Wednesday, Dish said a Dallas-based TV station group, Hoak Media Corp., pulled its 14 stations in six states off Dish's service. Dish said Hoak is demanding a 200% rate increase and is asking that Dish turn off Auto Hop in Hoak markets. Hoak didn't respond to requests for comment.
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