[ale] TiVo Will No Longer Skip Past Advertisers

[Mlfveer at cs.com]

Amazing. TiVo caves in too easily.

MLF

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"Robert L. Harris" <Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net> wrote:

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>
>Agree.
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>Thus spake Randal Jarrett (rsj at radio.org):
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>> As long as it is a "small banner ad" that doesn't block out the main
>> screen. ?If it blocks out the screen, it will be dificult to tell when
>> the commericals are over and the program is back on!
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 20:53 -0500, Robert L. Harris wrote:
>> >
>> > I dont think anyone knows exactly what is going to be in that space.
>> > If it's a small banner ad while I skip and it keeps NBC from suing tivo
>> > and putting them out of business that's just fine by me. ?They're not
>> > canceling the fast forward ability, just putting up some form of banner
>> > OVER the commercials you're trying to skip.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Thus spake - (mcejr at earthlink.net):
>> >
>> > > ? ?TiVo Will No Longer Skip Past Advertisers
>> > > ? ?The tool that lets viewers control the TV will soon sport 'billboards' and
>> > > ? ?track viewing habits.
>> > > ? ?This is an outrage! We need to flood calls to there customer service!
>> > > ? ?Full store here,
>> > > ? ?[1]http://www.latimes.com/business/la-et-tivo17nov17,0,3236496.story?coll=la-home-headlines
>> > >
>> > > References
>> > >
>> > > ? ?Visible links
>> > > ? ?1. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-et-tivo17nov17,0,3236496.story?coll=la-home-headlines
>> >
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