[opendtv] Re: Invention: The TV-advert enforcer

But wait, there's more!

Imagine ABC & NBC with their clever counterprogramming strategies=20
against PVR's and competitors where they run their popular shows over=20
the hour by a few minutes.  Now they can make that part non skippable.

In fact, all networks could extend each hour show with a trailing 15=20
minutes of nonskip ads.

And think of the clever things infomercial and televangelist channels=20
could do turning their channels into an advertising fly-trap for unwary=20
channels surfers.  Just touch on the channel and you are stuck there for =

the rest of the hour.

And imagine when consumers figure out that, Tivo bedamned, the only way=20
to avoid being stuck in commercials is to download the pirated versions=20
of the shows from the net.

But as you said, maybe it was a joke and we just didn't get it.  ;-)

- Tom



Albert Manfredi wrote:
> Tom Barry wrote:
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>>How clever!
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>>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.
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>>It will be interesting to see how well that works.  ;-)
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> I practically fell off my chair laughing after reading about this cleve=
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> patent idea. I'd check and make sure the date of filing isn't April 1.
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> Next thing you know, Good Year will go for a patent on tires that skid =

> easily. If the customers were body shops or insurance companies rather =
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> car owners, I suppose there would be some logic behind such an idea.
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> So who would Philips be looking to sell to? If it's TV consumers, why w=
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> Philips make the job so much easier for all their CE vendor competitors=
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> Inquiring minds would love to know!
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> And where is the FCC with their "more control in the hands of consumers=
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> mantra?
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> Incroyable!
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> Bert
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