[mythtv-users] Dish to Unveil DVR Commercial Zapper

[Zarthan South]

On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Rob Davis <rob at davis-family.info> wrote:

> On 2012-05-10 11:13, Zarthan South wrote:
>
>> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Doug Lytle <support at drdos.info [1]>
>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  I wonder how they will detect the commercials.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>> My guess would be, that since they know exactly when the commercial
>>> will air and the exact length, their DVR programming will be able to
>>> take that into account.
>>>
>>
>>  Also since this is delayed for several hours that it could easily be
>> done manually and the skiplist downloaded.
>>
>
> I work for a TV Station, we don't even really know when the breaks will
> happen.  We know the length of them but they fall +/- 10 mins from their
> scheduled time.  A report is written afterwards to reconcile the logs for
> advertisers, but we are never able to promise specific time.  Multiply that
> but the number of channels Dish have, then throw in a bunch of local
> channels, then throw in different types of breaks, (National / Local /
> Promo), its beyond worth it to flag a break.  From Dishs point of view,
> they'll only care about what breaks they can put commercials in, not
> national breaks.
>
> It'll be done in a similar way to Myth.
>
> Since this only applies to primetime shows on ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox and it
isn't real time, the job isn't quite as large.
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