Dish: Time Limits on PPV

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Pay-per-view(PPV) Service Subject to Digital Rights management
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DISH Network has been asked to comply with industry standard which require us to make some changes to our Pay-per-view(PPV) service.These standard apply to ALL TV-service providers and are not unique to DISH Network.

These new standards will only affect some PPV movies that are recorded on or after May 6,2008 by DISH Network subscribers.Any movies or events recorded by DISH Netwirk customers efore May 6,2008 will not be affected.

How do these new standards affect PPV movie services effective May 6,2008?

. Limited Recording-The amount of time PPV movies can be kept on a Digital Video Recorded (DVR) will be restricted.

24-hours window- Once customers begin to palyback a recorded PPV movie from their DVR,they have 24 hours to pause and finish watching it,and may also watch it for an unlimited number of times within that period(If the entire 24hrs period is within the license window of the movie-please rfer to the "License window" section below for more information).

After the 24hrs window- After the 24hrs time period,customers will be able to see the title of the movie in the "My Recordings" section of thier DishDVR,but will not be able to view it; they will also be prompted delete the movie/event from their DVR.If the customer does not delete the movie, the title will remain in"My Recordings" but customers will not be able to view it.

.License Window- The license window is the langth of time that a movie may air on PPV.License winow time durations differ but average between 3 to 6 months. A movie with limited recording will not be available to view once thelicense window is over.

If the license window expiers before DVR playback begins, the customer will not able to view the recording, and will be prompted to delete the movie.

. External Hard Drive- If a customer moves a movie to their external hard drive, DRM restrictions still apply.