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US row over set top box skipping ads

JimmoJimmo
edited May 2012 in Chit chat
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18206803
This story makes me think of the '15 Million Merits' episode of Charlie Brooker's 'Black Mirror' where people have to pay to skip adverts. (OK in this case the networks don't want people to skip adverts, but you get the general idea.)
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  • guesserguesser
    edited May 2012
    If you could subscribe to a network without advertising I expect that people would.

    It's understandable though that people are miffed when they pay to get TV and then have to watch ads.
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  • guesserguesser
    edited May 2012
    on the other hand...
    Some lizard in a man suit wrote:
    Fox spokesman Scott Goggin said the ad hopping feature could end up "destroying the fundamental underpinnings of the broadcast television ecosystem".

    Would it really do that?

    In that case I hope they sell one to every home in America :D
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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited May 2012
    Good! Ads piss me off, I'll admit I like a clever one but seriously there are no good or clever ads on American TV apart from during the superbowl, and most of those are sh*t, and overfunded.

    Nobody really pays attention to ads anyway, because nobody trusts the sneering cheesy lying bastards that are on em'.

    The BBC say you pay for not having ads, but I don't pay to have to wait half an hour in the middle of my bloody film while the news is on!

    Sod off! I don't watch telly now anyway it's crap!

    BAAAAAAH! BILLY BOLLOCK CHOPS!! BLLLRGH! PFFFFFT! :D
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  • WhizzBangWhizzBang
    edited May 2012
    In Sweden the ads are about 40% louder than the programmes and so I have gotten into the habit of muting the TV when the ads start. This means I sometimes miss the beginning of the next part of the show through not noticing it has started again.
  • MrCheeseMrCheese
    edited May 2012
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    Good! Ads piss me off, I'll admit I like a clever one but seriously there are no good or clever ads on American TV apart from during the superbowl, and most of those are sh*t, and overfunded.

    Nobody really pays attention to ads anyway, because nobody trusts the sneering cheesy lying bastards that are on em'.

    The BBC say you pay for not having ads, but I don't pay to have to wait half an hour in the middle of my bloody film while the news is on!

    Sod off! I don't watch telly now anyway it's crap!

    BAAAAAAH! BILLY BOLLOCK CHOPS!! BLLLRGH! PFFFFFT! :D

    The BBC and ITV are contractually obliged to provide news programs at certain times. I'm sure they don't like rogering a good film with news.
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited May 2012
    i HATE dvds with unskippable ads :(
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • guesserguesser
    edited May 2012
    mel the bell wrote: »
    i HATE dvd players that obey the no skip flag :(

    FTFY ;)
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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited May 2012
    mel the bell wrote: »
    i HATE dvds with unskippable ads :(

    I like copied DVD's that still have the anti-piracy ads on them :D
    Every night is curry night!
  • Rebelstar without a causeRebelstar without a cause
    edited May 2012
    Why are they going to court over this? People will still skip the ads, they'll just have to do it manually instead.
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited May 2012
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    I like copied DVD's that still have the anti-piracy ads on them :D
    i like ripping the ads off em and saving them seperetly :)
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • deadpan666deadpan666
    edited May 2012
    WhizzBang wrote: »
    In Sweden the ads are about 40% louder than the programmes and so I have gotten into the habit of muting the TV when the ads start. This means I sometimes miss the beginning of the next part of the show through not noticing it has started again.

    Same in the UK......I remember Channel 4 got into bother for cutting into the credits of some programs advertising what was coming on later at about 3 or 4 times the volume a while back too!
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  • JimmoJimmo
    edited May 2012
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    I like copied DVD's that still have the anti-piracy ads on them :D
    And they were done for not clearing the copyright on the music that they used for one of those anti-piracy ads!! :D:D:D
  • XTM of TMGXTM of TMG
    edited May 2012
    deadpan666 wrote: »
    Same in the UK......I remember Channel 4 got into bother for cutting into the credits of some programs advertising what was coming on later at about 3 or 4 times the volume a while back too!

    It's the same here too so we can assume it is the same in pretty much every country.
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited May 2012
    Jimmo wrote: »
    And they were done for not clearing the copyright on the music that they used for one of those anti-piracy ads!! :D:D:D

    Daylight Robbery! :D
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