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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/6302705

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So are commercial randomly placed, or are the shows paced to have commercial breaks like the old tv days?

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

The thing I always noticed when a service places their own ads, is even when there are “ad breaks” on the timeline, the ads don’t always show up there. Or the screen blacks out for a few seconds, then the show plays, THEN the ad would play.

Granted, this was a while ago when I actually put up with that bullshit, so maybe it’s changed by now. But it was done very, very sloppily and is almost certainly a creator’s worst nightmare for the story.

[–] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Content providers can probably include chapter markers in their content. I also suspect it's not hard to detect a scene transition. Failing these, randomly placed.

[–] rdyoung@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

This was my problem with hulu back in the day. Short episodes like Futurama would have a commercial shoved in at like 3 minutes and then again at 10 or whatever, it was obnoxious and shittily implemented.

[–] badbytes@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

As I ironically, read the article, ads kept appearing over text.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago

Yo ho ho I took a bite of Gum Gum!

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 10 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


After a swift click on “not now,” this viewer cued up one of the more successful titles currently gracing Amazon’s roster — the second season of beefcake vigilante drama Reacher.

Interruptions, which included a spot for another series (Hudson & Rex, starring a German Shepherd detective) and a reminder from the folks at Intuit Turbotax that filling season has commenced, were indeed limited.

“We fought so hard to get rid of commercials,” says Alan Poul, executive producer and director of Max original Tokyo Vice which returns for a second season on Feb. 8.

Paramount expands its own ad-supported tier internationally later in 2024 — and though no official plans have been announced, recent hires at Apple TV+ suggest the tech behemoth will eventually introduce ads as well.

David E. Kelley, the one-time broadcast golden boy who gave audiences Picket Fences, Chicago Hope and Ally McBeal before pivoting to premiere outlets like HBO (Big Little Lies) and Netflix (The Lincoln Lawyer), seems similarly disenchanted.

Netflix, which recently cited that 40 percent of all new sign-ups opt for ads, announced the “retirement” of its least expensive commercial-free tier in the coming second quarter.


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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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