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Vizio TVs Are Now Showing Banner Ads Over Live TV

posted by Fnord666 on Monday April 04 2022, @06:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the give-them-an-inch... dept.

owl writes:

https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1648829114

The Vizio TV that you bought with hard-earned cash has a new feature; Jump Ads. Vizio will first identify what is on your screen and then place interactive banner ads over live TV programs.

LG and Samsung have both redesigned their Smart TV platform to more prominently display ads and highlight content from partners, much like Android TV. Meanwhile, owners of Roku TVs have complained about banner ads on live TV.

Vizio is no stranger to Smart TV ads and the company is now taking it a step further with so-called Jump Ads.

- "Jump Ads represent yet another step in VIZIO's ongoing mission to unify the smart TV experience with features that benefit viewers, content providers and advertisers," said Adam Bergman, VP of sales, Vizio Ads.

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 04 2022, @08:32AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 04 2022, @08:32AM (#1234707)

    Yes. People have been calling unwanted advertising spam for about 30 years now, because of this. Good of you to catch up.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by pTamok on Monday April 04 2022, @09:59AM

    by pTamok (3042) on Monday April 04 2022, @09:59AM (#1234718)

    Thank you! It's always nice to get encouragement. Anything else to catch up on?

    To be clear, I've never had film-, tv-, and online- based advertising categorised as spam in my mental index. And it seems many others don't either as something like uBlock Origin is termed an ad-blocker, not a spam blocker. If you want to stop advertising emails, you look for a spam filter or spam blocker. If you want to stop online advertisements, you look for an ad-blocker, not a spam blocker.

    Thank you for your input. I will treat it with all due reverence.