[mythtv-users] Re: Torrentocracy Patch against Mythtv-cvs

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Thursday 03 March 2005 14:51, Brad Templeton wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 08:53:01AM -0800, Chris Petersen wrote:
> > This is pretty standard -- shows are edited such that there are 
> > commercial breaks in certain places.  However, it does NOT account 
> > for  
> > the commercial breaks being the same length in each region 
> > (remember,  
> > commercials are regional things).
> 
> Over time this is solved once you have enough people watching your
> exact profile of show.   That's easy for all the cable networks,
> everybody watches exactly the same show on Discovery Channel (even the
> same east and west.)  I think it's also true for prime time network 
> programming, they are all on the same tight schedule. 

No; cable providers & broadcast network affiliates can insert their own 
ads in certain cases, AFAIK.

-JAC