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 ...

Ad-skippers of the world, rejoice! A New York judge shot down ABC's efforts to get Dish's Hopper — a DVR that lets you automatically skip ads on recorded primetime shows — off the market. The network, ...

It's no secret that network and pay-TV executives are looking for ways to keep you from skipping commercials on your DVR. One oft-proposed solution is an "in-the-cloud" DVR that would let you tee up ...

One thing I’ve discussed lately is returning to a scrappier kind of cord cutting, which seeks to wrest some leverage away from increasingly consumer-hostile streaming services. To that end, consider ...

LOS ANGELES — CBS, Fox and the other TV broadcasters are delivering more shows on demand through pay-TV services to wean audiences off digital video recorders, which let viewers skip through ...

NEW YORK — More than half of digital video recorder users fast-forwarded through commercials while watching prime-time network fare, according to the first study of how many DVR users actually watch ...

Dish Network, the direct-to-home satellite operator, has introduced a new DVR feature called “Auto Hop.” It allows viewers to skip past commercials in most recorded HD programs shown on ABC, CBS, Fox ...

In October, Time Warner is going to start rolling out a new DVR-like service called Look Back—emphasis on the “like,” since it won’t let you fast-forward through commercials and you have to watch a ...

Aug. 5, 2005 — -- TiVo Inc. announced last month that it was adding a feature to its digital video recording devices that will insert advertising symbols into television commercial breaks, even ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- More than half of digital video recorder users fast-forwarded through commercials while watching prime-time network fare, according to the first study of how many DVR users actually ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Digital video recorder maker TiVo hopes to make a buck out of its customers’ viewing habits, selling the data it collects to broadcasters and advertisers. TiVo will sell ...