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AOL-Time/Warner's PVR to Skip Ad-Skipping

Posted by michael on from the they-control-the-horizontal dept.

btempleton writes "Echoing recent comments that PVR users are thieves a story from CNET announces that AOL's set-top box plans may not allow skipping ads. Broadcasters continue to be afraid of the PVR, admitedly with good reason for their current business model. As I point out in my essay on the future of TV, PVRs and Advertising, TV ads are a terrible bargain for the user, paying us about $1.20 per hour of our attention, and something has to change. It's worth noting that they say they like the Tivo over the Replay because the Tivo does not have 30 second skip, but in fact it does."

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  1. Re:it is in the name of money and their business m by flacco · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    ...why would TV make good shows?

    You've GOT to be kidding. Television is a filthy bowl of swill as it is.

    I would gladly pay for TV if it were worth a damn, but its programming is geared toward the smooth, encephalitic brains that are influenced by advertising to buy crap.

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  2. Re:Ads cost you more than time by seann · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    you copyed and pasted that, you bitch.

    and if you didn't, explain to me why
    "See this [guardian.co.uk]."
    is there. with no hyper link.

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