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dixiegrrrrl

(60,167 posts) Fri Feb 20, 2015, 07:54 PM Feb 2015

Cable Channels Speed Up TV Shows To Cram In More Ads [View all]

TBS and others are using compression technology to play content back at a slightly faster clip in order to get a few more seconds of air time for ads.

Some cable channels have gotten so edit- and compression-happy that they can now fit in more than 20 minutes of ads each hour,

several minutes more than what you’ll find on most prime-time network broadcasts.

http://consumerist.com/2015/02/19/cable-channels-speed-up-tv-shows-to-cram-in-more-ads/

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Cable Channels Speed Up TV Shows To Cram In More Ads [View all] dixiegrrrrl Feb 2015 OP

Just figures. Plus the ads are so clear and loud compared to the muffled hard to hear shows. Dont call me Shirley Feb 2015 #1

Precisely Sherman A1 Feb 2015 #3

Me, too. I seldom watch anything live anymore. ladyVet Feb 2015 #45

all too true olddots Feb 2015 #2

Well said!!! >>> "there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there?" n/t RKP5637 Feb 2015 #4

They need to get the programs down to a minute jberryhill Feb 2015 #5

haha! good one! bbgrunt Feb 2015 #24

Sheesh. As if there aren't too many already. yeoman6987 Feb 2015 #6

Not surprising, but it's certainly wasted on a viewer like me. MANative Feb 2015 #7

When we had tv, I did the same thing with the mute. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2015 #38

Why I'm building up a movie and select TV library aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2015 #8

did (still do?) same to music. spanone Feb 2015 #9

And they blast through the credits, the same credits that are so very important to working randys1 Feb 2015 #10

They run the closing credits at least four times faster lpbk2713 Feb 2015 #43

I don't recall what I was watching the other day, but in a single block of ads, Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2015 #11

the joke's on them, heh shanti Feb 2015 #12

I wondered why the voices sounded different AwakeAtLast Feb 2015 #13

And here I thought the Munchkins were finally getting more work. Quasimodem Feb 2015 #33

Is that why most of my recorded programs start/end times are slightly off? nt procon Feb 2015 #14

Full disclousure: I've always speeded up my posts to cram in more FSogol Feb 2015 #15

Lol....I noticed! dixiegrrrrl Feb 2015 #39

Local news now starts with a commercial. GreatCaesarsGhost Feb 2015 #16

I do like my DVR. ohnoyoudidnt Feb 2015 #17

We saved about 150.00 a month dixiegrrrrl Feb 2015 #46

IIRC, CBS got caught doing this in the 80's with its late night programming. Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2015 #18

I haven't had cable since the 1980's- then, pay tv meant pay money so you didn't have commercials NBachers Feb 2015 #19

No cable channels. No problem. nt onehandle Feb 2015 #20

Apply market forces mindwalker_i Feb 2015 #21

"Okay everyone. Act faster." n/t jtuck004 Feb 2015 #22

I don't have cable or a dish. SheilaT Feb 2015 #23

I found a bug on Dish Net that may drop some content after a commercial break... cascadiance Feb 2015 #25

You know what's next, right? Little pop-up ads are so 1990's arcane1 Feb 2015 #26

Next: Compulsory viewing Newsjock Feb 2015 #27

... pinboy3niner Feb 2015 #30

Took me a second to place that. zappaman Feb 2015 #34

I have noticed that tv screens have station ids, and moving announcements of shows coming up dixiegrrrrl Feb 2015 #40

Me too. I even saw them Squish the picture to make room for ads!! arcane1 Feb 2015 #42

I killed cable TV years ago. Ramses Feb 2015 #28

Nothing new about this. mwooldri Feb 2015 #29

Geez,,,,, Cryptoad Feb 2015 #32

Years ago there was a local channel that was so blatent about it HeiressofBickworth Feb 2015 #31

This ticks me off fadedrose Feb 2015 #35

Back in the day, it was illegal to have more than x number of minutes for commercials. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2015 #41

Just another reason to go with Netflix. L0oniX Feb 2015 #36

ugh Liberal_in_LA Feb 2015 #37

They have been doing this for years and it is not just cable CBGLuthier Feb 2015 #44

10 minutes of TV show, 20 minutes of commercials? meow2u3 Feb 2015 #47