[dba-Tech] A DVR that skips over the ads

Rocky Smolin rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Mon May 21 08:22:37 CDT 2012


Dish Network announced their new DVR with 'Auto Hop' - a DVR that skips the
commercials.  NO more fast forward. 
 
It also can record all the prime-time programming on ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC
simultaneously.
 
I thought about this years ago - was there some way to tell from the TV
signal when they were playing a commercial and mute the sound or, in the
case of a recording, skip over the ads.
 
Any idea how this works?  How does it know when the ads are on?
 
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/business/media/dish-networks-hopper-cuts-a
ds-and-causes-tremors-at-tv-upfronts.html?pagewanted=1
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/business/media/dish-networks-hopper-cuts-
ads-and-causes-tremors-at-tv-upfronts.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1> &_r=1
 
Rocky
 
 


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