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posted by martyb on Friday April 05 2019, @12:57PM   Printer-friendly
from the how-many-are-seeing-red? dept.

According to Doug Lynch at xda-developers.com:

Android TV owners recently received an update across multiple platforms that have started to display sponsored content with a "Promotional Channels' title in the launcher of the Android TV software. We're currently seeing reports that it has shown up in Sony smart TVs, the Mi Box 3 from Xiaomi, NVIDIA Shield TV, and others. This has been an incredibly off-putting change for a lot of Android TV users. What makes matters worse is people were unable to disable the ads at first, but Reddit user Felisens seems to have figured out how to disable them.

[...] Update: Google's response

A Google spokesperson gave us the following statement:

Android TV is committed to optimizing and personalizing the entertainment experience at home. As we explore new opportunities to engage the user community, we're running a pilot program to surface sponsored content on the Android TV home screen.


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  • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Saturday April 06 2019, @10:29AM (1 child)

    by NotSanguine (285) <NotSanguineNO@SPAMSoylentNews.Org> on Saturday April 06 2019, @10:29AM (#825336) Homepage Journal

    it's just plugged into an HDMI output jack on my A/V receiver (not network connected).

    Ethernet over HDMI [hdmi.org].

    And where does it go from there? The AV receiver has no network connectivity of any kind. What's more, the Vizio itself is blocked from sending *any* traffic to the Internet.

    Given that I said all that in the post to which you replied, what's your point?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 08 2019, @01:11AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 08 2019, @01:11AM (#826022)

    If your AV receiver is a cable box, it can get your data out.