CBS up to its old tricks again?

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#1 Edited by AndyMP (189 posts) - 4 months, 12 days ago

http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/10/3862558/cnet-parent-cbs-bans-coverage

Because of an active lawsuit between CBS and Dish Network, CBS got pissy with CNET, who they own, for nominating a Dish product with one of its CES awards.

Dish CEO Joe Clayton accused CBS of censorship and "heavy-handed tactics" in a press statement, writing that the company was "saddened by CNET's staff being denied its editorial independence.

Not the first time CBS have pulled a stunt like this, eh?

#2 Posted by SomeJerk (2093 posts) - 4 months, 12 days ago

Welcome to how big business works!

#3 Posted by _Chad (930 posts) - 4 months, 12 days ago

Shhh. They're watching.

#4 Posted by Tobiass (118 posts) - 4 months, 12 days ago

People still watch TV?

#5 Posted by zombie2011 (4668 posts) - 4 months, 12 days ago

makes sense to me, little shaddy but I would do the same thing.

#6 Posted by granderojo (1584 posts) - 4 months, 12 days ago

Dish Network are larger assholes more of the time than CBS is, so while this is uncool, it's not the end of the world.

#7 Posted by teh_destroyer (3486 posts) - 4 months, 12 days ago

As we know it.

#8 Posted by sins_of_mosin (1472 posts) - 4 months, 12 days ago

Cable is bs with the prices and offerings but I can't stand how Dish lies and contracts are so 1998.

#9 Posted by jeffrud (179 posts) - 4 months, 12 days ago

Guys, guys. Guys. Seriously, guys.

Buy a fucking Roku. It is the best $80 I've spent in a long time.

#10 Edited by mordukai (7004 posts) - 4 months, 12 days ago

Didn't we have a similar thread not too long ago about this very same situation?

#11 Posted by Demoskinos (9041 posts) - 4 months, 12 days ago

@mordukai: Yup. Someone posted about it yesterday.

#12 Posted by Milkman (14015 posts) - 4 months, 12 days ago

I, for one, love CBS and all of their intellectual properties. I would never dream of skipping any commercials during my weekly viewing of such smash hits shows as Two and a Half Men and Hawaii Five-O.

#13 Posted by BionicRadd (613 posts) - 4 months, 12 days ago

@jeffrud said:

Guys, guys. Guys. Seriously, guys.

Buy a fucking Roku. It is the best $80 I've spent in a long time.

pretty much. I have a PS3 in my living room and I still bought a second Roku for my Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Video watching, because I like the interface way better.

#14 Posted by Claude (15850 posts) - 4 months, 12 days ago

It can get bigger. Stronger and more estranged from the grain of growth in business that it was assumed to be.

#15 Posted by ajamafalous (10617 posts) - 4 months, 12 days ago
#16 Posted by RecSpec (3063 posts) - 4 months, 11 days ago

I thought this was going to be about how they are letting viewers vote on who this week's bad guy is in Hawaii Five-O.

#17 Posted by Gamer_152 (13256 posts) - 4 months, 11 days ago

Locking this duplicate thread. Original here.

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