It probably has something to do with this ruling: http://variety.com/2015/biz/news/judge-rules-that-dishs-sling-features-ad-skipping-dont-violate-copyright-120

It probably has something to do with this ruling: http://variety.com/2015/biz/news/judge-rules-that-dishs-sling-features-ad-skipping-dont-violate-copyright-1201410019/ http://variety.com/2015/biz/news/judge-rules-that-dishs-slin... It sounds like Dish and Fox did end up settling out of court (with Dish adding some commercial-skipping limits for Fox-owned content), but apparently that was done more in response to claims of copyright infringement for Dish/Sling features that allowed content to be viewed in unauthorized locations (not the commercial skipping itself). That said, I don't know if there's a major distinction between what Dish was/is doing with recorded content and what Plex is doing.