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AOL-Time/Warner's PVR to Skip Ad-Skipping
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 $1.20 per hour of our attention, and something has to change. It's worth noting that they say they like the Tivo over the Replay because the Tivo does not have 30 second skip, but in fact it does."
But do they get the first 100 hours ad-free?
Think nothing is impossible? Try slamming a revolving door.
...paying for MY cable- so I owe it to AOL/TW to watch their commercials?
I think not.
They can get in that long line of people who are full of crap and can blow me.
I guess they can just lose a customer over this.
/. is more entertaining anyways.
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"Advertisement blocks can be replaced by advertising during a show. In a show, the actors could wear certain clothing, use certain cars, eat certain foods"
shurly not on Star Trek or?
Picard: "Geordi, I think it's time we replace that old warp core with a brand new Hundai, affordable quality "
Geordi: "Shure Captain, i'll just finish my happy meal with a go large for just 3$, soooo tasty"
This could be a real problem if I ever get my idea of an All Commercial Network off the ground. I can just see the folks with their PVR's clicking on the 30-second buttons grumbling "man, these commercials go on FOREVER!".
Miko O'Sullivan