CES 2013: Why Winning the competition was canceled CNET's products?

Digital video recorder won games by CNET site gadgets presented at CES. Why was canceled win?
Digital video recorder (DVR) "Hopper with Sling" was launched at CES 2013 held last week in Las Vegas, and even came to the finalists of the Best of CES influential technology site CNET. Device (its equivalent in Israel are H"is Huta Magic Max ") won first place in the competition, with the title of Best of Show (best show). Unless title was awarded Best of CES last week actually playing Reiser's Edge tablet. What happened in the middle and where was the 'Hopper'?
The device produces great TV provider - Dish Network American channel , David Carnot, chief editor at CNET who leads a team of product reviews website, wrote earlier this month rave review. Hopper was chosen by the site's editors nominated for Best of CES, but was removed from the surprisingly short time before the announcement of the winner.
On January 10, it was announced Razr Edge winner, and that day revealed journalist Tim Kermody from The Verge that Hopper's candidacy was removed at the demand of CBS Corp., owner of CBS Interactive holds at CNET. Editor's note added Carnot's positive review of Hopper said: "threshing Hopper with sling was removed from consideration for Best of CES Awards 2013 for active legal proceedings involving our parent company, CBS Corp. We will not publish more reviews of products made by companies we are Mullen legal proceedings for the same product. "
Legal procedure in question is the claim of the CBS Television Network against Dish, claiming feature automatic skip commercials is a violation of the copyright of the network. However while Dish is one of the largest distributors CBS broadcasts (This is like the claim of anti Hot sports channel, for example). Even the networks Fox and NBC have filed similar suits against Dish, which in turn filed a lawsuit to get a declaratory judgment determines violated service offering is valid.

Must write reviews of products that are the center of legal proceedings

Audit praises - and then disappearing. The Hopper 'at CNET (screenshot)
At CNET and CBS explained that Hopper's candidacy has been removed. Write-up of The Verge reveals that it was a white lie: Hopper was not just a candidate - he was a winner, the rule should not write reviews on products that are the center of legal proceedings is not determined in advance, but in retrospect, after learning to CBS that Hopper won. According to the article, Leslie Monbaz - CEO of CBS and one of the most vocal opponents Hopper - he's dropping the order to withdraw his candidacy.
Publicity caused an uproar in the swamp technology. Does that affect product reviews of CNET, which should be published without fear and without prejudice, subject to the economic interests of the parent company? Danny Sullivan, known blogger in search engines, wrote on Twitter: "The bigger issue is that CNET says at the end of that visit other products of entities that may be involved in the lawsuit against CBS." "Not accurate," said the official twitter CNET, "only products involved in legal proceedings are active. Applies to reviews, no news." Kermody from The Verge difficult: "Are CNET review the product of DISH does not include skipping commercials?" CNET answered: "specific products are under active judicial process, not companies." CNET on even made it clear that "we will visit more products that are in a legal proceeding actively with CBS, but will continue to provide news not biased."

"We're supposed to tell the truth"

"I have more confidence that that CBS committed to independence systemic"

"This action has no connection to the benefits of our new product," said DISH CEO Joe Clayton, in a press release, adding that Dish "Sorry about that deprived the team of CNET editorial independence because of the strong-arm tactics CBS." CES president Gary Exhibition Shapiro said he was "severely disappointed that CBS stepped awards the Best of CES CNET."
The fallout from the incident has already begun. "I'm sorry to report I resigned from CNET," squeaked the site yesterday Greg Sandoval wrote, "I have no more confidence in the fact that CBS committed to independence system." More chirped that "the fact that CNET was not honest about what happened around the Dish is not acceptable to me. We supposed to tell the truth."
Channel editor reviews Torntein published an article yesterday that said its version events. In essence, she says she was forbidden to inform readers that Hopper was not only nominated, but selected the winner, she was sorry about that, because she considered resigning but decided right than stay and fight from within, and in the future will do anything to prevent this from occurring again.