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Have anyone tried to completely avoid TV ads...I mean, just turn the damn thing off when the ad starts. Thinking about that, could we make a thing, which can r
by imakesnowflakes 12y ago
Have anyone tried to completely avoid TV ads...I mean, just turn the damn thing off when the ad starts.
Thinking about that, could we make a thing, which can receive start frames of commonly appearing ads from a server, which will be dynamically updated, and when the frames in the transmission match, do a user defined action. Either turn the TV off or switch channels...
- cesarbs 12y agoI mute the TV when ads are playing.
- jclarkcom 12y agoCommercial skipping is very doable from a tech perspective, the challenge is with the business implementation. Some background links: http://www.cnet.com/news/directv-sitting-on-tv-commercial-skipping-technology/ http://www.cnet.com/news/directv-sitting-on-tv-commercial-sk... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_skipping http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_skipping http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/business/media/dish-networks-hopper-cuts-ads-and-causes-tremors-at-tv-upfronts.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/business/media/dish-networ...