[opendtv] Re: Invention: The TV-advert enforcer
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 20:04:25 -0400
How clever!
I suggest they do this with all their TV's and PVR's, but use their
patent to ensure nobody else does. And of course advertise this wildly.
It will be interesting to see how well that works. ;-)
- Tom
John Shutt wrote:
> Say it ain't so, Jeroen!
>
> http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn9011&feedId=online-news_rss20
>
> Invention: The TV-advert enforcer
> 17:49 18 April 2006
>
> NewScientist.com news service
> Barry Fox
>
> For over 30 years, Barry Fox has trawled through the world's weird and
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> The advert enforcer
>
> If a new idea from Philips catches on, the company may not be very popular
> with TV viewers. The company's labs in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, has been
> cooking up a way to stop people changing channels to avoid adverts or fast
> forwarding through ads they have recorded along with their target programme.
>
> The secret, according to a new patent filing, is to take advantage of
> Multimedia Home Platform - the technology behind interactive television in
> many countries around the world. MHP software now comes built into most
> modern digital TV receivers and recorders. It looks for digital flags buried
> in a broadcast, and displays messages on screen that let the viewer call up
> extra features, such as additional footage or information about a programme.
>
> Philips suggests adding flags to commercial breaks to stop a viewer from
> changing channels until the adverts are over. The flags could also be
> recognised by digital video recorders, which would then disable the fast
> forward control while the ads are playing.
>
> Philips' patent acknowledges that this may be "greatly resented by viewers"
> who could initially think their equipment has gone wrong. So it suggests the
> new system could throw up a warning on screen when it is enforcing advert
> viewing. The patent also suggests that the system could offer viewers the
> chance to pay a fee interactively to go back to skipping adverts.
>
> Read the full patent here: http://tinyurl.com/ostqn
>
>
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