[mythtv-users] Tivo has Commercial Skip in US

[John Pilkington]

On 15/10/15 15:20, Per Jessen wrote:
> Joseph Fry wrote:
>
>> This could work really well for several reasons:
>>
>>
>>     1. Almost all shows have the commercial breaks defined by the show
>>     producers, ensuring that the amount of time between commercial
>>     breaks will be consistent regardless of the network broadcasting
>>     the show.
>>     2. Most major networks define the duration of the
>>     commercial breaks, such that even if your watching at opposite ends
>>     of the country, your commercial breaks will be the same length.
>
> I like your idea, but I don't think 1 and 2 above apply world-wide.  On
> British channels, the length of the commercial break depends on the
> popularity and time of day for instance - 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 4
> minutes.  For instance, when an episode of Midsomer Murders is first
> broadcast, the breaks are longer, on the next few re-runs maybe 4
> minutes, then slowly less.
> On Swiss channels, movies only have one lengthy break in the middle. On
> German channels, commercial are before and after a show.
>
>
>

I don't know what the take-up has been on this; it seems to have been 
around since at least 2013 and I caught sight of ads for it earlier this 
year - while editing my myth cutlist :-)

http://www.itv.com/mobile/break-free-with-itv-player