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Originally Posted by SnoopZ
I remember 6 months ago I started watching something on normal ITV and wanted to continue it in another location via ITVHub, I found it impossible to skip ahead to try and rejoin where I left off without it throwing a long advert at me after every skip, does it still do this?
And they wonder why people look for alternative methods to watch stuff! Cough..... TeaTV........Cough
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You may not like it but adverts are the entire reason ITV is free to air in the first place. It’s not surprising their streaming tech would similarly include adverts. Unskippable adverts may be the salvation of free public service TV in the long run, as if more people catch up via streaming than via a PVR which would allow them to skip the adverts.
There will always be people motivated enough to use pirate services to avoid them but I doubt there are nearly enough of them to seriously dent ITV’s business model.