Comments on: Ergen: Auto Hop keeps kids from seeing alcohol and junk food ads http://paidcontent.org/2012/06/27/ergen-auto-hop-keeps-kids-from-seeing-alcohol-and-junk-food-ads/ The economics of digital content Fri, 13 Dec 2013 18:54:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: John Batt http://paidcontent.org/2012/06/27/ergen-auto-hop-keeps-kids-from-seeing-alcohol-and-junk-food-ads/#comment-107454 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:17:32 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=212572#comment-107454 I don’t understand how this will work specifically for skipping junk food and alcohol ads, surely if this feature is available..people will just skip all ads, period. Nobody is going to sit through them when they don’t have to…

I don’t understand why we just don’t regulate those industries’ power to advertise specifically…you know, give them a watershed time or something to appear.

]]> By: Titanius http://paidcontent.org/2012/06/27/ergen-auto-hop-keeps-kids-from-seeing-alcohol-and-junk-food-ads/#comment-107244 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 20:45:26 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=212572#comment-107244 I understand why the auto hop feature has created so much unrest in the paid TV community but as with all other industries competition breeds innovation which Dish has demonstrated that they are surely capable of. My co-worker at Dish reminded me that the unwillingness of other cable companies to evolve with the industry should be no reason to deny the good that Dish has done. I for one am happy with all of the extra television watching time this has given me. We, the consumer, want less commercials and dish has answered our cries.

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