Friday, July 20, 2012

TV Ad Skipping

Dish TV's Auto Hop service to skip commercials on shows that are a day old.  Content providers are suing Dish TV.

How could this be done as a stand-alone service?
+ coding by humans with computer help
+ tag commercials within the show based on time/audio/DBS/video frame

How to fast-forward?
+ Application in smart TV to press fast forward button.
+ Separate device to send fast forward IR code on remote.
+ Smart phone app.

Instead of hiring people to watch TV, could the tagging be crowd sourced?  Then rate the tagger.  Give prizes or pay to top taggers.

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