Disney’s Bob Iger Defends Ads But Won’t Bash Dish Network’s Auto Hop, Yet: Video

Broadcasters are seeing red about the new ad-zapping Auto Hop feature on Dish Network’s Hopper DVRs. But Disney CEO Bob Iger didn’t want to address it directly in an interview today on Fox Business Network.  ”I’m in the hands of our great legal counsel,” he says. Still he says, in an appearance with Dancing With The Stars winner J.R. Martinez, that “supporting a great program like Dancing With The Stars can only be done if you’ve got advertising.”

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