Engadget and others are reporting that contrary to the very spirit of the set-top box DVR, TiVo says all subscribers with select devices will see ads prior to playing recorded shows after a software update rolls out. TiVo says subscribers will be able to skip the ads coming in the next 90 days, but did not elaborate on this as a user says they had to fast forward through the ads. Many subscribers are angry and threatening to cancel, calling the ads a feature that devalues the service as they pay for the ability to skip ads altogether.
This prompts the question: will cable companies, losing subscribers and looking to replace that revenue, do the same with their DVRs?
Original article: https://www.engadget.com/2019/09/21/tivo-pre-roll-dvr-ads-for-all-users/.
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Monday September 23 2019, @10:05AM (1 child)
You mean Mythtv Ad Detection? [mythtv.org]
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 3, Touché) by c0lo on Monday September 23 2019, @10:16AM
Heh, no. That's a technical method patent.
I plan to patent a business method, on which I'm recording a recorder (TiVO), stripping its ads to replace with my own.
Fantastic**, ain't it?
** as in "pertaining to fantasy"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford