Dish Network's New Ad Is About How Its 'Hopper' Product Killed Commercials [THE BRIEF]
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Dish Network's "Hopper" allows users to skip over commercials. Thus, as a part of its multi-million dollar marketing campaign, the company made an ad about how its product has effectively killed commercials. The spot was created by BFG 9000:
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