Shimmel says these people are choosing to skip cable because of economics and lifestyle choices.
PAGE F1 LOW-TECH GETAWAYS A weekend home away from the distractions of the 21st century requires not only skipping the cable or satellite TV access, Internet, cellphone or BlackBerry.
You can also skip the cable bill and get signals over the air.
But true to its trendsetting roots, "AD" has skipped over cable television and all the silly-cynical progeny it helped spawn.
To keep viewers from skipping ads, the cable industry has embraced an antediluvian strategy: offer more comprehensive video on demand, including the newest episodes of many of broadcast TV's biggest hits, at no extra cost, but with fast-forwarding disabled.
If you have a second-generation Apple TV and a robust wireless network, you can skip the cables altogether and stream video wirelessly with Apple's AirPlay technology.
But Toby Byrne, the president of advertising sales for the Fox network, made a point of mentioning two ways to watch Fox shows that did not allow ad-skipping: cable video-on-demand systems and viewing via the Xbox 360.
Despite Cablevision's complaint, Chanos says if you must buy into cable, skip the stocks and buy the bonds, which have prior claim on the $220 of loose cash.
"Look at me, I'm a size 2," she says on a daytime cable TV commercial, skipping along a beach in a bikini, smooching her husband on a footbridge and cuddling her baby at a picnic.
TiVo is not the only company devising a solution to commercial-skipping. Cable and satellite companies, and technology providers like Microsoft's Navic Networks, are also working on interactive ads.
[C12.] Network Tries to Foil Ad Skipping The schedule of a new cable network, Fine Living, has been to set up to foil personal video recorders like TiVo from digitally skipping commercials.
